On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:38:09 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-02-12 1:28 p.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:12:25 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-02-12 2:05 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>>>> On 11/02/2021 21:29, Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My father was more French than English oriented. He went to the US
>>>>> once for his work. An American asked him how he liked Americans. My
>>>>> father replied "They're very friendly and ***".
>>>>>
>>>>> ("Gai" means cheerful in French.)
>>>>>
>>>> It used to mean that in English, too.
>>>>
>>> I went to school with a girl whose xtian name was "***".
>>
>> Used to hear that name for both males and females. Of course, I am
>> older than dirt.
>>
>When Evelyn Waugh went to give a talk at an RAF base, they planned to
>assign him a room in the female quarters:-)


I am a fan of his writings.