Comments on: No wonder the older generation stayed in the closet https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/no-wonder-the-older-generation-stayed-in-the-closet/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:32:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Melissa https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/no-wonder-the-older-generation-stayed-in-the-closet/#comment-19636 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:33:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1291#comment-19636 Oh goody, the day I kick the bucket, I could probably be described as a heterosexual in the obit.

]]> By: Joseph Carmel Chetcuti https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/no-wonder-the-older-generation-stayed-in-the-closet/#comment-19635 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:33:55 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1291#comment-19635 I thought my response was well measured. You may be assuming what is in the speaker’s mind. Just google, for example, “a known philanthropist” and you will surprise yourself. We also do say “a well known singer”. As do people in the UK, Canada, America, New Zealand and Australia but perhaps not l-Inglizi ta’ Malta. I rest my case and have no intention of continuing to state the obvious. Rules surrounding the English language are not determined by some journalist in a former British colony.

]]> By: Joseph Carmel Chetcuti https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/no-wonder-the-older-generation-stayed-in-the-closet/#comment-19634 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:25:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1291#comment-19634 Describing someone as “a known homosexual” is not necessarily pejorative. Hence we speak of the known world, a known link, a known composite material, a known book and a known solution. However I find it most interesting that DCG is lumping homosexuals with criminals and pedophiles.

[Daphne – To say ‘a known homosexual’ is definitely pejorative. The other references you make are not to persons. When an individual is described as ‘a known….’ the noun that follows has negative connotations, at least in the speaker’s mind. Hence a known drug addict, a known alcoholic, a known paedophile, a known criminal, but never a known philanthropist, a known beauty, a known artist or a known singer. The word used in those cases would be renowned. If you’re spoiling for one of your usual fights, do please go and try to pick one elsewhere.]

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