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To: MamaTexan

I’ve never heard a discussion about the word “fag.” One friend of mine (who now lives in Texas!!!) uses “fag” in the American way - so I just assumed it had that use in England as well.

Don’t you just love the way language works around the world? Fascinating.


105 posted on 09/27/2012 9:55:43 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein
Don’t you just love the way language works around the world? Fascinating.

LOL! It is fascinating.

From what I understand, the contemporary meaning of 'fag' is a cigarette. It's derived from the older word 'faggot' which was a tightly wrapped bundle of sticks used by people who were too poor to purchase real logs.

107 posted on 09/27/2012 10:27:49 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as Created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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