Month: May 2021

Hookland 5/1/21 10:26:12

@jennnyh1977 And most likely to be used these days? I would dispute that, certainly within the context of working class language as spoken in England. Of course, it may be different in other territories.

Hookland 5/1/21 10:31:06

@jennnyh1977 Would I stop using the word gay in a celebratory way because some on the far right and many homophobic PIS try to weaponise it as a slur? Not on your Nelly. Language is feral and in constant mutation, but that doesn‰Ûªt mean giving them free reign with certain words.

Hookland 5/1/21 10:35:15

@jennnyh1977 On a personal note, the real DI Callaghan who died last month, often used to tell me to: ‰Û÷Write in simpler English, tone down the ponce.‰Ûª I am not going to have the language of such a dear friend erased by fear that my audience isn‰Ûªt smart enough to work out how he used the word.

Hookland 5/1/21 20:26:22

@WhatMollySaid As someone who spent their whole childhood being told to never admit their Romanichal ancestry, I can report that this was common on English children‰Ûªs TV up until the mid-1990s.

Hookland 5/1/21 21:04:16

@PhilH86835657 Having read the Cleveland Street trial transcript, I did a bit of digging on pose plastique to see whether it was as common as suggested by one of the defendants to be offered a card advertising pose plastique and not to think it was an invite to a gay porn show.

Hookland 5/1/21 21:05:58

@PhilH86835657 Pose plastique is an amazing rabbit hole to explore, but if someone came up to you on the streets of Piccadilly in the 1890s and gave you a card offering pose plastique, it was basically a flyer for a private gay or straight porn show.