How do you say "Gay" in your language?

superdavid   Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:32 am GMT
How do you say "Gay & Lesbian" in your language?
I want to know inoffensive and friendly terms of referring "Homosexual"!!

In English: gay, queer
Michael   Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:01 pm GMT
In German: schwul (only for male homosexuals), lesbisch (female h.), vom anderen Ufer, andersrum, linksgestrickt
Guest   Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:41 pm GMT
omosessuale, gay (m), lesbica (f)
guest   Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:48 pm GMT
<<omosessuale, gay (m), lesbica (f) >>

which language is this please?
Guest   Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:09 pm GMT
Spanish: parchita, pargo, pato. It depends what country in SouthAmerica you are. These words belong to slang in Venezuela.
Gabriel   Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:17 pm GMT
I think that in Spanish we may not have an exact equivalent. Obviously, as Guest above pointed out, there are dozens of words to call a gay person. But in essence, the word "gay" is a neutral word, it has no negative connotations (when used in the sense "homosexual", not in the sense "lame"). In Spanish, "homosexual" is a tad too technical, and the others are mostly offensive (in the River Plate: maricón, trolo, puto, etc.) a sad fact, which may or may not reflect something about our societies. The word "gay" has then been borrowed, at least in some circles.
ralph   Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:39 pm GMT
In Dutch that would be:

for males: homofiel or homosexueel or shortened: homo
for females: lesbienne
Eric   Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:02 am GMT
French

Male: Gay; Homosexuel; Homo
Female: Lesbienne; Homosexuelle; Homo

There are many more but those are the only ones that are totally politically correct.
Pete   Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:02 am GMT
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which language is this please?>>

That's Italian ;)

Pete from Peru
Guest   Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:57 am GMT
in french,


Finochio, pédé, pédéraste, tapette.
Eric   Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:25 am GMT
<<Finochio, pédé, pédéraste, tapette>>

Guest, Superdavid asked for "inoffensive and friendly terms". Those are usually not, even though they can be meant differently depending on who's using them.
Guest   Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:05 am GMT
In Quebec French it's fifi(fagot) and fifine(lesbian).
Pete   Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:13 am GMT
In Peruvian Spanish:

'boyo' (gay male)

I don't know of a friendly one for lesbians maybe 'les'. Although I don't think many people use it, at least not as much as 'boyo'.

Pete from Peru
lilo   Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:22 am GMT
in french there is also: tante, tantouze, tarlouze. Mais le plus virulent est bien "Finochio"
Danakail   Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:10 pm GMT
I'm French and i have never heard the word "finochio". Is it a regional word?