kalmn.livejournal.com ([identity profile] kalmn.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] rivka 2009-05-04 08:37 pm (UTC)

i don't suppose you have any research or anything on shaming language, what it is and why not to use it? (in your copious free time, of course...)

i used to be friends with someone who i was certain i was going to have to explain to her not to call godot a pussy. and it's so blindingly obvious to me why this is a bad thing that i am not good at explaining it.

i have since solved this problem another way, but i expect she's not the only one who may try that, and i expect it creeps into my language in ways i don't realize.

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