FW: Antedating of "gay" (noun) (BBC Wordhunt)

[Mullins, Bill]

Jon had a computer glitch, this is forwarded on his behalf.


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        From: Jonathan Lighter [mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com] 
        Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 4:13 PM
        To: Mullins, Bill
        Subject: Re: Antedating of "gay" (noun) (BBC Wordhunt)
	
	
        Those BBC chaps should purchase their very own copy of HDAS I,
where they will find a half-dozen pre-1971 citations for "gay," n.
         
        If I do say so myself.
         
        JL
	
        "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

                Gay (n) OED/wordhunt has 1971
        	
                "Homosexual Revolution" By Nancy L. Ross. _The
Washington Post, Times
                Herald_ , Oct 25, 1969; pg. C1 (cite from jump on p. C2
col. 1)
                "The reaction gap between gays and straights to these
plays is further
                illustrated by a new one entitled "And Puppy Dog Tails."
"
        	

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