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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Date: 2009-05-04 08:37 pm (UTC)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.