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Post by imawino on Jan 21, 2016 12:16:42 GMT -5
butt-hurt
When did this idiotic expression become a thing?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 21, 2016 12:18:53 GMT -5
I don't mind contractions, although a teacher (a long time ago) told me they were not proper for business correspondence and we were never to use them.
What I hate is when people DONT use contractions and write it out incorrectly. So many people - even here - write "should of" instead of "should have". Like, "I should of said this" or "I should of done that." They are typing it like it sounds when you use the contraction.
Add the common addresses of "dude" or "bro" and my head will explode. It makes a person sound like they smoked way too much pot in their lifetime and have burnt out some brain cells.
Ack! Grammar and syntax have, in many cases, fallen off the edge of the planet. I detest "had went". I loathe "seen" where the word should be "saw". These are things that were taught in grade school! How about done instead of did? We done that yesterday. <<shudder>> I never use supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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Post by gregintenn on Jan 21, 2016 12:55:56 GMT -5
So hult is Russian for holster? No greg, Russian would be a kobura. Now you know! Good to know. Maybe now I can get a contract with Vladimir's army. So hult is just a Loony word?
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Post by NastyWoman on Jan 21, 2016 13:17:36 GMT -5
your outfit is totes adorbs. Arrrrrggghhhh! Somebody get my fainting couch! I'm goin' down! Do I need to bring the smelling salts too? I just want to be well prepared here
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 13:19:13 GMT -5
I don't care if it means being PC the question was what words bother you. Mine is retard because it was used to refer to my students. My memory must be acting up, I was sure I've seen you use that word on the boards.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:20:38 GMT -5
Never ever in relation to people. It does have another meaning and I believe there was a thread about the other meaning.
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Post by mmhmm on Jan 21, 2016 13:22:19 GMT -5
Arrrrrggghhhh! Somebody get my fainting couch! I'm goin' down! Do I need to bring the smelling salts too? I just want to be well prepared here Absolutely! Oh! Wait! Brandy! Bring brandy!
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:22:44 GMT -5
But I do freely admit my friends and I using it as children when we had zero clue to what it meant. We used it to refer to someone as doing something stupid. I never knew a person with any kind of disability or had a student with one until mid 80's
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Post by mmhmm on Jan 21, 2016 13:23:59 GMT -5
Never ever in relation to people. It does have another meaning and I believe there was a thread about the other meaning. I couldn't agree more, zib. It's a word I don't use, either, in the context it's so often used today. I can say with certainty I've never used it as a noun.
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Post by gregintenn on Jan 21, 2016 13:28:42 GMT -5
As far as I know, retarded means slower than what is normal. If someone is doing something stupid, perhaps it fits. I don't see the term being derogatory to anyone other than to whom it is assigned. I most often think of the term as it relates to the timing of firing of a spark plug in an internal combustion engine.
I'm old enough to remember when people didn't walk around all day just looking for something they could be offended about.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:31:16 GMT -5
Yes, but like Oriental, it's not used. I was corrected and surprised by it because DH's Chinese DIL refers to herself as oriental. I guess it's okay if she uses it but not if you're not? Like the N word maybe? No clue. I just call her by her name and let it go at that.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:32:46 GMT -5
But plenty of posters on this board said oriental was not pc. Which surprised me because her family says it.
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Post by mmhmm on Jan 21, 2016 13:34:31 GMT -5
<abbr>oops. double tap.</abbr> You can delete your own post when that happens, greg. Just click on the little gear icon to the top right of the post and choose delete post.
I'll remove it for you now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 13:35:04 GMT -5
Never ever in relation to people. It does have another meaning and I believe there was a thread about the other meaning. Wow, I was so sure I had ranted at you a few times for using it. Weird.
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Post by gregintenn on Jan 21, 2016 13:36:32 GMT -5
My wife uses the term to refer to me all the time.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:36:38 GMT -5
Nope. Plenty of other rants but it would not be about that word.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:37:23 GMT -5
My wife uses the term to refer to me all the time. Well, I'd like to make a joke about if the shoe fits but even that is hard for me.
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Post by mmhmm on Jan 21, 2016 13:38:17 GMT -5
As far as I know, retarded means slower than what is normal. If someone is doing something stupid, perhaps it fits. I don't see the term being derogatory to anyone other than to whom it is assigned. I most often think of the term as it relates to the timing of firing of a spark plug in an internal combustion engine. I'm old enough to remember when people didn't walk around all day just looking for something they could be offended about. Far too many people use the word "retard" as a derogatory term for someone they don't like, someone they feel is wrong about something, etc. I'm surprised, being on the internet, you haven't seen it used that way, or heard it used that way in your everyday life. "That guy is just a 'retard!'" is an example of common current usage.
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Post by gregintenn on Jan 21, 2016 13:41:01 GMT -5
My wife uses the term to refer to me all the time. Well, I'd like to make a joke about if the shoe fits but even that is hard for me. Go ahead. I've yet to be bitten by the perpetually offended bug.
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Post by gregintenn on Jan 21, 2016 13:42:07 GMT -5
As far as I know, retarded means slower than what is normal. If someone is doing something stupid, perhaps it fits. I don't see the term being derogatory to anyone other than to whom it is assigned. I most often think of the term as it relates to the timing of firing of a spark plug in an internal combustion engine. I'm old enough to remember when people didn't walk around all day just looking for something they could be offended about. Far too many people use the word "retard" as a derogatory term for someone they don't like, someone they feel is wrong about something, etc. I'm surprised, being on the internet, you haven't seen it used that way, or heard it used that way in your everyday life. "That guy is just a 'retard!'" is an example of common current usage. I've seen it. If you call me a retard, I hardly see why other people should feel offended by it.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:42:28 GMT -5
You know, I haven't heard that said since I was in school. Shamefully it was my fellow teachers who used that word along with sped. Took me awhile to figure out what sped meant but I knew it was derogatory.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:43:36 GMT -5
Far too many people use the word "retard" as a derogatory term for someone they don't like, someone they feel is wrong about something, etc. I'm surprised, being on the internet, you haven't seen it used that way, or heard it used that way in your everyday life. "That guy is just a 'retard!'" is an example of common current usage. I've seen it. If you call me a retard, I hardly see why other people should feel offended by it. Because you're NOT one and you know it. IF you had a disability I think you'd feel differently.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 13:47:18 GMT -5
Anyway, this thread is about words that make you feel uncomfortable. That word is my huge discomfort zone.
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Post by gregintenn on Jan 21, 2016 13:50:21 GMT -5
I've seen it. If you call me a retard, I hardly see why other people should feel offended by it. Because you're NOT one and you know it. IF you had a disability I think you'd feel differently. Buy you aren't calling someone with a disability retarded, just me.
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Post by mmhmm on Jan 21, 2016 13:56:23 GMT -5
Far too many people use the word "retard" as a derogatory term for someone they don't like, someone they feel is wrong about something, etc. I'm surprised, being on the internet, you haven't seen it used that way, or heard it used that way in your everyday life. "That guy is just a 'retard!'" is an example of common current usage. I've seen it. If you call me a retard, I hardly see why other people should feel offended by it. I don't know that it offends me. I just don't like to hear it used that way and would not do so myself. I do know the person who uses the word in that manner isn't someone with whom I'd wish further contact because that person isn't the kind of person I want as a friend, or close acquaintance. My choice based on my preferences.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 21, 2016 14:05:37 GMT -5
Because you're NOT one and you know it. IF you had a disability I think you'd feel differently. Buy you aren't calling someone with a disability retarded, just me. I totally understand what you're saying and mentally I concur with your logic. Emotionally I can't.
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Post by gregintenn on Jan 21, 2016 14:08:31 GMT -5
Buy you aren't calling someone with a disability retarded, just me. I totally understand what you're saying and mentally I concur with your logic. Emotionally I can't. That's cool.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jan 21, 2016 14:12:42 GMT -5
I know "moist" is a favorite unused word for a lot of people....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 14:14:47 GMT -5
And obviously the issue we have with most words (except the rare weird sounding/feeling as it rolls off the tongue) IS emotional. It's not about the letters or syntax, it's the semantics, the connotation, the memories and consequences.
It's like jokes too. I just can't handle certain kinds of jokes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 14:15:40 GMT -5
I know "moist" is a favorite unused word for a lot of people.... Now that has both mouth feel and meaning issues ...
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