I would think a transsexual would prefer ersatz, but I guess not.
w-lfs-n, I'm surprised you didn't comment on the fact that the now-deleted spammers spelled it "trannys" rather than "trannies."
I like to keep things unpredictable.
I'm sure the trannys are happy to hear that.
When they sprayed comments all over my site (all of which were moderated because they were on old posts - hint hint Ogged), both spellings were used.
Am I the only one for whom 'trannie' means a guy in a dress, while 'tranny' means what has to be pulled at great expense after your car starts making clunking noises when it goes uphill? I looked at that and thought "Auto parts spam?"
A trannie isn't a guy in a dress, it's a person who has (post-op) or will (pre-op) undergo surgery to become a member of the opposite sex. It's also a derogatory term and not to be preferred!
"has undergone or will undergo," fothermucker.
I fall upon the thorns of editing! I bleed!
Disagree entirely, w-lfs-n. "Trannie" includes both transvestites (guy in a dress) and transsexuals (surgical circs). I can't claim to be an expert on this, but I don't know what the approved term is - is there one? The only thing I've heard in this area is that the approved reference to women is "genetically girl" or "gg," which, I have to admit, seem wierd or somehow inappropriate.
Oh, transvestites, right, I knew there was another word I was forgetting. But I've never seen "tranny" or "trannie" used in that context, only "crossdresser".