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An interesting thought?
I have just decided that, in the style of Adam Savage from Mythbusters ,I will reject yours and create my own reality , on the derivation of the term “Tranny “
It is as follows;
In 1956, the eminent Austrian psychiatrist , Dr. Bernard Scholberg coigned the term “Inbetweener” to describe those whose gender fell between the man and woman social dualism. As is the manner of these things , the word was soon shortened to ” tweeny” and then to “twanny” in some foreign dialects. Twanny sounded too infantile for many people ( the way the word “fwendy” became the name Wendy ) and so Tranny came into usage.
Then the Japanese invented portable radios and the rest is History. Or is it Herstory??… ohoh I am thinking again!!
You can quote me on this and if you want to use it to explain to curious bystanders …knock yourself out! -
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That’s a nice little thing that you’ve put together there Christina, I really like it too. With all of this rubbish involving labels that has gone on recently, a bit of humour was simply brilliant to read. It’s nice to see that in amongst all of this seriousness, we can take some time out and enjoy life too. Thanks for posting this Christina, you brought a smile to my dial!
Peta A.
