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From: Ken@hpsl.demon.co.uk (Ken Moore)
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Subject: Re: "gay" (was: Re: Gay Teenagers)
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In article <794599902snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk>
           philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk "Phil Hunt" writes:

>In article <9503071227281404@election.demon.co.uk>
>           david@election.demon.co.uk "David Boothroyd" writes:
>> [ ... ]
>> Besides which and more importantly, gay men do not generally like people
>> to use gay as a noun.
>
>That's a more valid reason IMO for not using it as such.
>
>I wonder why, though? Possibly for the same reason (whatever that is)
>that people prefere being called "Jewish" to being called "a Jew".

Because while an adjective may indicate one characteristic, among many, 
of the person described, turning it into a noun implies that it is the 
defining characteristic.

-- 
Ken Moore                              (Ken@hpsl.demon.co.uk)
