Comments on Becky's T-Blog: Travesty

What really bothers me is this damned obsession wi...

2006-02-21T04:55:00.000Z

What really bothers me is this damned obsession with karaoke...

For more on the French, see Izzard's Dress to Circ...

2006-02-20T19:22:00.000Z

For more on the French, see Izzard's Dress to Circle in French. "je suis une Travesti executive..."

wonderful

2006-02-20T18:13:00.000Z

wonderful

I agree with Zoe. I prefer the term "tranny". No m...

2006-02-20T16:08:00.000Z

I agree with Zoe. I prefer the term "tranny". No matter the meaning, I believe we represent the good connotation in any language.

"In spanish we have words that mean something comp...

2006-02-20T15:33:00.000Z

"In spanish we have words that mean something completely opposite in different countries, and yet are the same spelling."

You mean like Ole in Spanish means wonderful but in English it means there is nothing where there used to be something ?

Interesting post, for each language may see a word...

2006-02-20T14:07:00.000Z

Interesting post, for each language may see a word different even if it has the same origin, or even country, In spanish we have words that mean something completely opposite in different countries, and yet are the same spelling.

I guess it would be "in woman", Siobhan. ;-)

2006-02-20T10:22:00.000Z

I guess it would be "in woman", Siobhan. ;-)

"In my opinion, (maybe in germany) it's others. Th...

2006-02-20T10:10:00.000Z

"In my opinion, (maybe in germany) it's others. The Word Transvestite has more negative conntations and travesty less."

That's the interesting thing, Zoe, I think it's only in English where travesty has a negative connotations. We don't use it in the sense of a female impersonator at all, only to describe things that are "an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation".

While we're on the subject, what's French for en f...

2006-02-20T09:39:00.000Z

While we're on the subject, what's French for en femme?

...So the words "travesty" and "transvestite" shar...

2006-02-20T09:07:00.000Z

...So the words "travesty" and "transvestite" share identical roots. Somewhere in the melting pot of Indo-European languages the word "transvestite" lost most of the negative connotations that "travesty" has; or maybe "travesty" gained them.?

maybe i mis understand this lines but do you say travesty has negative conntations and transvestite not?

In my opinion, (maybe in germany) it's others. The Word Transvestite has more negative conntations and tavesty less.

Anyone knows what travesty is. A man in the role of a women. A showgirl for the time of the show. (Maybe there's a different view, cause the famous Mary (Georg Preuße, since many many years the biggest Travesty-Star in germany http://www.mary-preusse.ch/index-n.htm ) comes at the end of every show back as man) So he shows, it's only the role of "Mary"

But "Transvestite" is a hard word, where noone knows, what behind it. Transvesite could be a hairy man with beard in a skirt or a great tranny. Is it sexuality or show, or pervert? Noone knows, but it's not only a role for a time.

I prefer the Term "tranny"

The last part of this definition from the Concise ...

2006-02-20T08:53:00.000Z

The last part of this definition from the Concise Oxford Dictionary gives a curious insight into the origins of travesty.

travesty /"travIsti/
· n. (pl. travesties) an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
· v. (travesties, travestied) represent in such a way.
– ORIGIN C17 (as an adj. in the sense ‘dressed to appear ridiculous’): from Fr. travesti, travestir ‘disguise’.

So maybe being being a 'travestie' is not so bad after all as 'dressing ridiculously' is half the fun ;-)

And then there's en travesti in French. Randomly n...

2006-02-20T02:43:00.000Z

And then there's en travesti in French. Randomly noticed it in my dictionnaire last Wednesday. Odd that you happen to be bringing it up, I almost wrote about the subject but you've beaten me.

I see what you mean about travesty. I saw it used...

2006-02-19T23:19:00.000Z

I see what you mean about travesty. I saw it used on a couple links to European tranny sites and thought that there's something odd going on.

Is it just me, or does that sign scream "Absolut T...

2006-02-19T22:53:00.001Z

Is it just me, or does that sign scream "Absolut Tranny"?