I'm not turning that offer down! Thank you! Deb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of iain short Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] Salmon Flies... Glazing
I will donate a copy of "The Oxford English Dictionary" if you like >>>>> iain 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. :-) 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: [email protected] 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
