Vai kāds vēl atceras laikus, kad vārdam "gay" angļu valodā bija citas nozīmes?
Upon one summer's morning, I carelessly did stray,
Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay,
Conversing with a bouncing lass, who seem'd to be in pain,
Saying, William, when you go, I fear you will ne'er return again.
Upon one summer's morning, I carelessly did stray,
Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay,
Conversing with a bouncing lass, who seem'd to be in pain,
Saying, William, when you go, I fear you will ne'er return again.
"Gay street, so Jane always thought, did not live up to its name. It was, she felt certain, the most melancholy street in Toronto..."
Un tieši šodien pabeidzu lasīt grāmatu, kur vienas varones vārds bija Gay - saīsinājums no Gabrielle.