The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

A surprise of vocabulary

"Derelict" meant hobo, bum, or homeless person before 1910.

The Higher Pragmatism,  O. Henry,  41 Stories.

"Feel my muscle."

Guys still said that when I was young.

Do they now, or does it seem too queer, like so many other things in these liberated and diversity-loving days?

When homosexuality was unthinkable there were lots of things men could do with the innocence of children that they can't do now. 

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