From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:49:04 -0700, Elaine Thompson   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:40:31 +0100,   
   > green_knight@greenknight.org.uk.invalid (Catja Pafort) wrote:   
      
   >>Brian M. Scott wrote:   
      
   >>> You should be asking whether the origin comes to   
   >>> mind when the phrases are used.  That varies by person and   
   >>> context; at least with 'pansy-ass' it frequently does not,   
   >>> and I have the impression that some may in fact not even   
   >>> know its origin.   
      
   >> I did not know it's origin, in fact, I cannot recall   
   >> hearing that precise term before, but it's so blindingly   
   >> obvious a formation that I did not need that knowledge.   
      
   > /unlurk   
      
   > "blindingly obvious" *to you*.  Not, apparently to Sea   
   > Wasp, not to me and not to Brian here.   
      
   To be honest, I can't say whether it's blindingly obvious to   
   me or not, since I've been aware of the origin as long as   
   I've been familiar with the term; the most I can say is that   
   when it's used as it most often is in the U.S., I don't   
   automatically think of the origin, because I know what the   
   term actually means.   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
      
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