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Mav (or other Brit): Is queer still used in Britspeak to mean 'odd', 'peculiar', or 'eccentric'?
I shall never forget the time my mother invited a friend of hers and her husband to dinner with us. The friend was a British war bride from Nottingham and still (1957) spoke British English. In the course of dinner, she declined several of the items on the table and explained, "I know I'm awfully queer, but there are only a few things I eat." My younger brothers and sisters (ages 12, 10, 8 and 4) nearly choked to death trying to stifle their laughing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Nowt as queer as folk modestgoddess 08/03/03 07:12 PM Re: Nowt as queer as folk maverick 08/03/03 08:38 PM Re: Nowt as queer as folk Faldage 08/03/03 09:35 PM Re: Nowt as queer as folk modestgoddess 08/04/03 02:23 AM Re: Nowt as queer as folk Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/03 02:59 AM Re: Nowt as queer as folk Bingley 08/04/03 03:05 AM Re: Nowt as queer as folk Faldage 08/04/03 10:54 AM different strokes vbq 08/04/03 01:41 PM Re: different strokes modestgoddess 08/04/03 08:15 PM Re: different strokes maverick 08/04/03 10:42 PM Re: different strokes Jackie 08/05/03 01:54 AM Re: different strokes Bingley 08/05/03 01:59 AM Queer Bobyoungbalt 08/05/03 03:23 PM Re: Queer maverick 08/05/03 10:15 PM Gay and Grateful Hearts Father Steve 08/13/03 10:15 PM
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