How Happy Became Homosexual: And Other Mysterious Semantic Shifts

by Howard Richler

An old joke goes like this: What's the difference between a good girl and a nice girl? Answer: The good girl goes to a party, goes home then goes to bed, whereas the nice girl goes to the party, goes to bed, then goes home. The distinction made between the two types of young ladies would probably have been appreciated by Shakespeare. While we think of "nice" nowadays as being a synonym for pleasant it wasn't always so; originally the word's meaning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553802306
• ISBN13: 9781553802303
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"