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The OTHER 'R' Word...

Old Apr 11th 2008, 5:41 pm
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I like the term "hard of thinking"
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Old Apr 11th 2008, 5:44 pm
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"Away with the fairies" is my favorite
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Old Apr 11th 2008, 6:02 pm
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Originally Posted by geeandtee
"Away with the fairies" is my favorite
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Old Apr 11th 2008, 9:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I find it offensive. My daughter at one point started to use the word retarded when she was at high school...I soon put her right.
Exctly. It is offensive in every sense of the word.

Originally Posted by another bloody yank
I think literally, according to it's definition, it's the proper term for some types of mental disabilities. Some people have decided it's offensive and substitute phrases like "Mentally Challenged" which I find inaccurate and misleading.
How is it misleading and inaccurate?

[QUOTE=Optimus Prime;6192667]Another perfectly usable workable word that the Willmores of this world have suddenly deemed offensive.

Hardly "suddenly" but then we all know how you feel about north american political correctness.....!

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Old Apr 23rd 2008, 4:54 am
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It's highly offensive to me. It's one of my friends favourite words and every time she says it I want to rip her face off and feed it to dogs but I could never figure out why.:curse:
On the other hand if someone calls her an idiot she hits the roof. Go figure.
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