[78-L] Negative.

[Spats]

I'm pretty much all of those...well almost.
I do drive and I'm not ACTUALLY teetotal, but I only drink toasts at weddings.

Why in negative terms?

Because most people do those things and thus think that people like 
me a WEIRD! ;-)

Earl.

At 12:00 pm -0800 25/1/2009, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
>Actually, it was I who wrote that. What I'm objecting to the modern
>pilfering of the English language to supply euphemisms for certain
>practices that are frowned upon by some. Conversely, if I describe
>myself as "straight", that doesn't mean I'm not a homosexual, but that
>I'm honest.
>
>Have you noticed that people who live normal lives are often described
>in negative terms, e.g. non-drinker, non-believer, non-smoker,
>non-driver etc?
>
>        Julian Vein