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<B><font color=#ff7f00>Brenski</B> wrote:

Lisser wrote:

I personally don't like it when heterosexual people call themselves straight. Does that mean that homosexual people are crooked?
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crooked? surely you mean bent?
...and none of it is disparaging

the term bent means nothing more sinister or complicated than "different from the norm"
and as 85% of the population are "straight" then this is the "norm" - anything else is "bent" rather than "straight"

Well not necessarily is that what I meant. See in the States of course bent means not straight as well, but let's say you were to tell me to "get bent." That means you are telling me to get F*cked. We use the word bent and crooked about the same amount to describe something that is not straight such as "this pipe is bent" or "this pipe is crooked." But we don't call people that are gay bent.

Someone else from the States, correct me if I am wrong. Obviously, I can't speak for the whole country as it is rather large. Where I live we do not refer to people that are gay as bent. At least I never would. Who am I to say the being gay is different from normal? To a person that is gay, I am different from what is normal to them.

Lisser wrote:

Well not necessarily is that what I meant. See in the States of course bent means not straight as well, but let's say you were to tell me to "get bent." That means you are telling me to get F*cked. We use the word bent and crooked about the same amount to describe something that is not straight such as "this pipe is bent" or "this pipe is crooked." But we don't call people that are gay bent.

i was making a distinction between "straight" and "bent"

straight = normal - as in what most are like
bent = anything of the minority
- ie it is bent away from the norm, usual

Oxford English Dictionary Definition:

Bent: - inclination/tendency/bias - see bend
Bend: - (past tense bent) - force out of straightness

Straight: of proper order, or condition. duly arranged, level.

<B><font color=#ff7f00>Brenski</B> wrote:

Lisser wrote:

Well not necessarily is that what I meant. See in the States of course bent means not straight as well, but let's say you were to tell me to "get bent." That means you are telling me to get F*cked. We use the word bent and crooked about the same amount to describe something that is not straight such as "this pipe is bent" or "this pipe is crooked." But we don't call people that are gay bent.

i was making a distinction between "straight" and "bent"

straight = normal - as in what most are like
bent = anything of the minority
- ie it is bent away from the norm, usual

Oxford English Dictionary Definition:

Bent: - inclination/tendency/bias - see bend
Bend: - (past tense bent) - force out of straightness

Straight: of proper order, or condition. duly arranged, level.

Thank you Prof. Martin!!! ;)

Sonja wrote:

My mum went to the Elton John & Billy Joel tour and she isn't too keen on Billy's music.
That nite, Billy Joel was sick and Elton played the whole show on his own... for like 3 hours or so. Mum was the happiest person in the world I suppose. She said it was amazing! I don't think she felt too sorry for Billy that nite.

Lisser wrote:

<B><font color=#ff7f00>Brenski</B> wrote:

Lisser wrote:

Well not necessarily is that what I meant. See in the States of course bent means not straight as well, but let's say you were to tell me to "get bent." That means you are telling me to get F*cked. We use the word bent and crooked about the same amount to describe something that is not straight such as "this pipe is bent" or "this pipe is crooked." But we don't call people that are gay bent.

i was making a distinction between "straight" and "bent"

straight = normal - as in what most are like
bent = anything of the minority
- ie it is bent away from the norm, usual

Oxford English Dictionary Definition:

Bent: - inclination/tendency/bias - see bend
Bend: - (past tense bent) - force out of straightness

Straight: of proper order, or condition. duly arranged, level.

Thank you Prof. Martin!!! ;)

Well I don't know what happened to my post..but it's supposed to say "Thank you Prof. Martin!!!"

:)