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In the New Yorker...
Front-Ranger:
:D Thanks for that!
This source says that using "gay" to mean homosexual appears in print in the early 1950s and the gay community was probably using it before that.
serious crayons:
Interesting! I did not know that. Thanks, y?all!
I love Cary Grant?s little less when he says the word.
serious crayons:
The Dec. 13 issue's book review/essay about Greta Garbo, by longtime staff writer Margaret Talbot, quotes someone saying that when movie closeups came along, "people literally lost themselves in the human image." Wait, what? I mean, she's quoting someone else, but was anyone ever found wandering around a theater, confused about where themselves had gone?
Front-Ranger:
:laugh: :laugh:
Sounds like the premise of a "Shouts & Murmurs" to me!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 12, 2021, 10:18:22 am --- :laugh: :laugh:
Sounds like the premise of a "Shouts & Murmurs" to me!
--- End quote ---
True, many of those start out with a real media quote. I've never seen one in which the quote was from the New Yorker, though.
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