OT: Understanding Homosexuality
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OT: Understanding Homosexuality
Totally random post, but something I've searched for on the internet and can't find an explanation for (I like to think there is an explanation for everything haha).
To start with, I'm not against Homosexuality and I'm also not against gay marriage.
In fact, the purpose of posting this is because I work with a man who is Homosexual (I think this is the PC term for it).
One thing I've always wondered ... why is it that some Homosexual males begin to have a tisk when they talk after most of their lives they've lacked a tisk? I don't feel comfortable asking my coworker this, for obvious reasons, but it's still something that I'd like to understand.
I've run into a few homosexual men in my days and some have the tisk and some don't.
Does anyone know why this occurs? Just curious
Posted it in this forum because I'm sure many view my question as controversial.
To start with, I'm not against Homosexuality and I'm also not against gay marriage.
In fact, the purpose of posting this is because I work with a man who is Homosexual (I think this is the PC term for it).
One thing I've always wondered ... why is it that some Homosexual males begin to have a tisk when they talk after most of their lives they've lacked a tisk? I don't feel comfortable asking my coworker this, for obvious reasons, but it's still something that I'd like to understand.
I've run into a few homosexual men in my days and some have the tisk and some don't.
Does anyone know why this occurs? Just curious
Posted it in this forum because I'm sure many view my question as controversial.
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Probably just due to hanging out with other people that talk like that...
i know NY'ers that move to the south and after a while they speak with a twang...
I work with a gay guy - he's a good friend.. And he only talks with a "tisk" :) when he gets pissed off... It's pretty funny...
i know NY'ers that move to the south and after a while they speak with a twang...
I work with a gay guy - he's a good friend.. And he only talks with a "tisk" :) when he gets pissed off... It's pretty funny...
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Thats like Hitler asking someone to buy kosher.
And now I am put on the Troll list like Diss was..
Thats like Hitler asking someone to buy kosher.
And now I am put on the Troll list like Diss was..
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Interesting.DMC_Freeride wrote:Probably just due to hanging out with other people that talk like that...
i know NY'ers that move to the south and after a while they speak with a twang...
I work with a gay guy - he's a good friend.. And he only talks with a "tisk" :) when he gets pissed off... It's pretty funny...
Don't you ever wonder how that started though?
I guess at some point, someone in Boston spoke differently and it carried through the generations ... guess it's similar to that, but what I view is a larger community of people.
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Right....homosexuality started in Boston. Damn, you can say the stupidest things....XtremeJibber2001 wrote:Interesting.DMC_Freeride wrote:Probably just due to hanging out with other people that talk like that...
i know NY'ers that move to the south and after a while they speak with a twang...
I work with a gay guy - he's a good friend.. And he only talks with a "tisk" :) when he gets pissed off... It's pretty funny...
Don't you ever wonder how that started though?
I guess at some point, someone in Boston spoke differently and it carried through the generations ... guess it's similar to that, but what I view is a larger community of people.
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You really didn't get what I meant buddy? C'mon.Bubba wrote:Right....homosexuality started in Boston. Damn, you can say the stupidest things....XtremeJibber2001 wrote:Interesting.DMC_Freeride wrote:Probably just due to hanging out with other people that talk like that...
i know NY'ers that move to the south and after a while they speak with a twang...
I work with a gay guy - he's a good friend.. And he only talks with a "tisk" :) when he gets pissed off... It's pretty funny...
Don't you ever wonder how that started though?
I guess at some point, someone in Boston spoke differently and it carried through the generations ... guess it's similar to that, but what I view is a larger community of people.
I used Boston as an example. The people in Boston speak much differently then those in Philadelphia ... I always wondered what it is that made people speak so much differently even though they're merely 300 miles away.
I'd imagine a similar thing happened in the Homosexual community, but at a larger scale.
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no... It is what it is...XtremeJibber2001 wrote:Don't you ever wonder how that started though?
Once you work with a roomfull of Indians IT Professionals - other accents are really a moot point and go almost unoticeable... :)
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Thats like Hitler asking someone to buy kosher.
And now I am put on the Troll list like Diss was..
Thats like Hitler asking someone to buy kosher.
And now I am put on the Troll list like Diss was..
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Try talking to a Cajun. Make the most meaning grunts you've ever heard.DMC_Freeride wrote:no... It is what it is...XtremeJibber2001 wrote:Don't you ever wonder how that started though?
Once you work with a roomfull of Indians IT Professionals - other accents are really a moot point and go almost unoticeable... :)
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Hmm ... grunts? Some of the older staff on my team clear their throat in the most awkward and disgusting way possible, does that count?BigKahuna13 wrote:Try talking to a Cajun. Make the most meaning grunts you've ever heard.DMC_Freeride wrote:no... It is what it is...XtremeJibber2001 wrote:Don't you ever wonder how that started though?
Once you work with a roomfull of Indians IT Professionals - other accents are really a moot point and go almost unoticeable... :)
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Re: OT: Understanding Homosexuality
TAILGATER!XtremeJibber2001 wrote:
I've run into a few homosexual men in my days...
Apparently, affected lisping has been going on since the 13th century.
"Somewhat he lisped his words, in playfulness,
To make his English sweet upon his tongue "
-- The Canterbury Tales
This is used to describe a "wanton" friar -- who's a bit of a dandy. (This character is straight but I can see how the association of a lisp with a merry wanton dandy could have evolved into a "gay" affectation.)
I suspect it developed as an aid for recognizing "fellow travelers" in a largely closeted society.
"Somewhat he lisped his words, in playfulness,
To make his English sweet upon his tongue "
-- The Canterbury Tales
This is used to describe a "wanton" friar -- who's a bit of a dandy. (This character is straight but I can see how the association of a lisp with a merry wanton dandy could have evolved into a "gay" affectation.)
I suspect it developed as an aid for recognizing "fellow travelers" in a largely closeted society.
WTF is a "tisk"? You mean the talk with their tongue in their teeth so the "t's" and other letters are tisked? Listen to the news. Many of the people in the "literary" groups or news have that same sound. BUBBA is guilty of that "sound" for sure, but it is his education and upbringing. Don't know where it comes from, but it is there.
Why many gays have it? Who knows, but why ask. Most gays that have it are feminine in their gestures so maybe that is it. My experiance is, One I know is gay, tisk, feminine. Another is gay, non feminine and a prick. His OTHER is gay, tisk and feminine for sure, but makes a GREAT martini.
Why many gays have it? Who knows, but why ask. Most gays that have it are feminine in their gestures so maybe that is it. My experiance is, One I know is gay, tisk, feminine. Another is gay, non feminine and a prick. His OTHER is gay, tisk and feminine for sure, but makes a GREAT martini.
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