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News Human Endeavour
- Thread starter Miss Tilly
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The English language is a never ending mine field
chipman
Well-Known Member
Well, that pretty much describes humans.
stig
Well-Known Member
Be prepared for the onslaught of "how dare you" types...Well, that pretty much describes humans.
Smaug
Well-Known Member
Re. whether "mankind" is appropriate nowadays, George Carlin did a really funny bit on this.
I guess the politically-correct version would be "personkind".
No more manhole covers, they have to be "personhole covers".
etc.
We need to not try so hard to take offense, these days. I remember from my youth, my grandparents would poke at each other with racial slurs and everybody just laughed and laughed. (he was German, she was Irish) Now, people are offended if we don't ask about their pronouns.
I guess the politically-correct version would be "personkind".
No more manhole covers, they have to be "personhole covers".
etc.
We need to not try so hard to take offense, these days. I remember from my youth, my grandparents would poke at each other with racial slurs and everybody just laughed and laughed. (he was German, she was Irish) Now, people are offended if we don't ask about their pronouns.