Comments on: Washington Times Changes Its “Style” http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1479 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sat, 25 May 2013 02:47:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: David http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1479/comment-page-1#comment-6987 David Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:51:03 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1479#comment-6987 Thank you, werdna, for so gleefully MISSING the point. Thank you, werdna, for so gleefully MISSING the point.

]]> By: werdna http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1479/comment-page-1#comment-6953 werdna Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:19:42 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1479#comment-6953 LOL. Thanks for keeping us focussed on the real issue: the unnatural mixing of Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes! Pay no mind to the findings of the illegtimate study which calls itself "sociology", listen not to the complaints of those who call themselves "quadriplegics," and avail yourself not of the benefits of so-called "biomedical" research, for these are but the poisoned fruit of careless marcaronism. Give no quarter, man. LOL. Thanks for keeping us focussed on the real issue: the unnatural mixing of Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes! Pay no mind to the findings of the illegtimate study which calls itself “sociology”, listen not to the complaints of those who call themselves “quadriplegics,” and avail yourself not of the benefits of so-called “biomedical” research, for these are but the poisoned fruit of careless marcaronism. Give no quarter, man.

]]> By: David http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1479/comment-page-1#comment-6920 David Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:58:23 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1479#comment-6920 I sent an e-mail to Patrick Tuohy, the author of the memo on the style changes. About point 2 I said this: <i>"Although homosexual and heterosexual are macaronisms (they are Latin words modified by a Greek prefix), they have been long used in both clinical and everyday circumstances. I don't understand the drive to replace the term "homosexual" with the slang term "gay," especially since one of gay's literal meanings is "licentious or wanton," and that it is used in opposition to the word "straight" for "heterosexual," with straight having among its non-slang meanings the following: "honest, honorable, or upright; right or correct; in the proper order or condition"; and among its other slang meanings: "normal, legal, or conforming; not perverted, illicit, or deviant." "I would remind you that there are non-slang, non-clinical terms that can be used: homophile and heterophile."</i> I sent an e-mail to Patrick Tuohy, the author of the memo on the style changes.

About point 2 I said this:

“Although homosexual and heterosexual are macaronisms (they are Latin words modified by a Greek prefix), they have been long used in both clinical and everyday circumstances. I don’t understand the drive to replace the term “homosexual” with the slang term “gay,” especially since one of gay’s literal meanings is “licentious or wanton,” and that it is used in opposition to the word “straight” for “heterosexual,” with straight having among its non-slang meanings the following: “honest, honorable, or upright; right or correct; in the proper order or condition”; and among its other slang meanings: “normal, legal, or conforming; not perverted, illicit, or deviant.”

“I would remind you that there are non-slang, non-clinical terms that can be used: homophile and heterophile.”

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