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Re: [OT] Grammatic gender
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Karlin High |
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Re: [OT] Grammatic gender |
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Thu, 16 Nov 2017 07:58:25 -0600 |
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On 11/16/2017 7:45 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
Personally, I don't think that micromanaging gender identities is going
to help anybody deal better with who and what they and/or others are.
"Shifts in terms have an unfortunate side effect. Many people who don't
have a drop of malice or prejudice but happen to be older or distant
from university, media and government spheres find themselves tainted as
bigots for innocently using passe terms such as "Oriental" or "crippled."
"Arbiters of the changing linguistic fashions must ask themselves
whether this stigmatization is really what they set out to accomplish."
-- Stephen Pinker, "The Game of the Name," Aug 6 1994 Baltimore Sun
That article is famous for its idea of the "euphemism treadmill:"
"The euphemism treadmill shows that concepts, not words, are in charge.
Give a concept a new name, and the name becomes colored by the concept;
the concept does not become freshened by the name."
--
Karlin High
Missouri, USA
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Karlin High <=
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