RE: [VFB] Salmon Flies... Glazing

[Deborah Duran]

Well you guys are just a wealth of information…   The next time I get stuck on a word in one of these old salmon books I’ll just put it to the list.  J  I never thought of using the Cambridge dictionary…..   another useful book for fly tying!!!  Thanks, Deb   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 9:54 AM To: vfb@troutnet.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Salmon Flies... Glazing   Well I must admit I was taken aback the first time I was told that I was a "bit cheeky". Anyway, there is a connection between the word fag meaning a cigarette and fag being a derogatory term for homosexual. A fag in its older usage meant a glowing ember.  Back when burning at the stake was a common way of ending a person's life, it was deemed a waste of a good firewood to burn a homosexual.  Therefore, homosexuals were tossed on the dying coals thereby tossing them onto the fags.  Therefore the derogatory term. Anyway, when we took him for a walking tour of downtown Chicago he spotted a mate up the block walking towards us....  we of course didn't recognize him or know they were acquainted....  until he yelled out to his buddy....  "Can I bum a fag from you mate?"  Which can have a very different meaning here in US.  I was ready to crawl into the nearest crack in the building so not a soul would think I was with him.  ROTFLMAO!!!   Not something you will ever forget.  I'm so thankful I made it through that day without anyone getting deeply offended by me. Deb