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From: krossen@bbncca.ARPA (Ken Rossen)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Gays and stereotypes. (A relativly young perspective)
Message-ID: <1730@bbncca.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 10:37:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 10:37:36 1986
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References: <83@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> <3234@sun.uucp> <86@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> <745@harvard.UUCP> <23@spdcc.UUCP>
Reply-To: krossen@bbnccp.arpa (Ken Rossen)
Organization: A knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork.
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Summary: "Strait"???

In article <23@spdcc.UUCP> dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer) writes:
>     I don't know about everyone else, but I find the outrage shown by
>     certain members of strait society when they're called "breeders" a
>     real hoot.  As far as I'm concerned, it's fine to let straits
>     experience what it's like to have the shoe on the other foot, and
>     "breeder" is probably one of the least offensive labels I can imagine.

Granted.  However, Steve, your spelling is usually impeccable, so I wonder
if "strait" is a new one ... just a pun, perhaps?  Has it passed into
common usage?

Care to enlighten us? (For purposes of etymological interest only, of
course :-? )
-- 
"That's the way we spell New Hampshire."

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