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I don't think I have ever read such a load of b******s before. 2012 is jubilee year isn't it ? so this guy is showing his support of his monarch [i our i] nation's queen. I don't care if it's 200 union flags he is flying.To those of you who object to showing our national pride I say quite simply don't look or go somewhere where you don't have to look at it.
Ron. (Proud to be British.)
Ron. (Proud to be British.)
AOG
// ...the term "confirmed bachelor" was a code or euphemistic term used to describe homosexual men, especially entertainers and athletes, in the era before the sexual revolution of the 1960s when homosexuality was not socially accepted and the stars needed a palatable explanation for why they were unmarried. //
This is not a recent euphemism for a gay man. It has been in common usage for many decades.
// ...the term "confirmed bachelor" was a code or euphemistic term used to describe homosexual men, especially entertainers and athletes, in the era before the sexual revolution of the 1960s when homosexuality was not socially accepted and the stars needed a palatable explanation for why they were unmarried. //
This is not a recent euphemism for a gay man. It has been in common usage for many decades.
Aog, did you not know that 'lifelong bachelor', 'confirmed bachelor' and, in obituaries,and strangely, ' her never married' significantly put at the end, were all expressions in newspapers to tell the readers that the subject was homosexual? That dates to a time when homosexual acts were illegal and it was thought unnecessary, or libellous, to say, in plain terms, that a man was homosexual. It was universal in papers, but still occasionally occurs and lingers on in some obituaries, perhaps because the living obituary has not been re-edited in recent years.
In the instant case, the word 'lifelong' is more than simply literal,just as it always has been in newspapers. The paper knows that. The information has no relevance to the story and appears gratuitous. It could have said simply 'bachelor'; a bachelor is a man who has never been married, for otherwise he is divorced, widowed or separated.
In the instant case, the word 'lifelong' is more than simply literal,just as it always has been in newspapers. The paper knows that. The information has no relevance to the story and appears gratuitous. It could have said simply 'bachelor'; a bachelor is a man who has never been married, for otherwise he is divorced, widowed or separated.
I live in Newmarket and didn't know this news until today.
Must admit he is a bit early with the Jubilee celebrations and should have waited a few weeks more but, the USA fly their flags on all Schools and Government buildings all year round and they are proud people of their flag.
The problem with the UK is, there are to many foreign migrants living here (most on benefits) who dont give a broccoli about Britain, and the Government dosent want to upset them, in case its classed as being racist!!!!!
Must admit he is a bit early with the Jubilee celebrations and should have waited a few weeks more but, the USA fly their flags on all Schools and Government buildings all year round and they are proud people of their flag.
The problem with the UK is, there are to many foreign migrants living here (most on benefits) who dont give a broccoli about Britain, and the Government dosent want to upset them, in case its classed as being racist!!!!!
