I'm pretty sure it's not only British authors, but American too if one goes back far enough, whom I caught using "faggot" to mean a piece of wood for a fire. From there to a cigarette is an easy step.
How the word came to describe an underclassman at a British boarding school, required to run errands for upper classmen, I'm not sure. Could it have come from another source entirely? --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* I am CopyCat of Borg. Your tagline will be assimilated. */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Jeremy Nicoll Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 15:27 That might have been misinterpreted here in the UK too, if those present were educated at a public school (*). * - which is a misleading term in itself, as it means a very expensive private school, eg Eton. --- On Sun, 19 Mar 2023, at 18:04, Colin Paice wrote: > I got into trouble with the Americans ( from the days when people were > allowed to smoke in the office) in a presentation with a chart saying > " 10 minute fag break" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
