cornflkgrl
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- Joined
- Feb 23, 2006
When I was a teen (a long time ago!), I lived in Essex County, Ontario, which has a fairly high population of people of French-Canadian descent. Gay was a popular BOY'S name at the time (this was just before it became a synonym for homosexual). I think it was an Anglicization of the French name Guy, which is pronounced "Hard-G - ee" and for some reason got translated to Gay rather than Guy.
I actually really like the masculine form of this name when pronounced as intended. But I imagine it would be difficult to get anyone to pronounce it "hard g - ee" in the States. I've only ever known people named Guy (hard G -- eye).