No, you obviously don't need a translator. And handwaving everything I said away just so you can say what you want to say is going to result in quid p...
Here's a simple point (already quoted) to respond to: "Well, we argue that there is an emerging class of words that function as pronouns (remember ele...
We're not talking about translation as far as I'm concerned. The question doesn't primarily concern how to translate one word into another, it concern...
I'm supporting the linguistic argument that they're different words, which is what the above focuses on too in presenting syntactic disparities of usa...
So this, just to give a small sample: "What's the evidence for pronoun status? a nigga and my nigga are phonologically reduced. That is, there is a cl...
Predictably provocative more like. But yes, it's right that racism and not the use and/or mention of particular words is what the guidelines focus on....
Yes, hadn't thought of that. Mostly it's not. My dialect, Irish English, is as it happens. Shrug. Bare assertion. For evidence that it's not, see the ...
You're focusing on the falsity of one potential objection, which I don't disagree with. But it can also be a matter of etiquette where the objection l...
Says you. Most linguists would say no. And the way we decide whether words are the same is by analysing them linguistically, how they behave with othe...
Well, I don't know of a scenario apart from the one I just gave where it would be a battle worth pursuing to insist on mention though I don't think th...
An obvious exception to the above btw would be in a strictly scientific context, such as a study or article like the one mentioned, where you have to ...
I mean especially in terms of the argument that black people use it all the time but white people can't even mention it. As if "it" referred to one wo...
Yes, and that kind of complicates the use/mention thing, which gets infected by user/context/falsely attributed phonetic variant issues, confuses peop...
Funnily enough, you were in the discussion I was referring to. But it was on the old PF. @"Hanover" was in it too. It centred around the general statu...
You'll have to ask the black community who's in the black community, obviously. But again, we've been through all this before: "nigger" vs "nigga", BE...
I don't see a big problem. Because the cost of not offending here is one syllable. What is the major issue for you? Go ahead and present your argument...
Silly. You don't get to be part of the black community by spending time in a tanning salon or suddenly discovering some black genes despite life-time ...
So easy for someone who's never been in a similar position of responsibility to say that. My moral issue as a teacher is first and foremost the welfar...
You weren't just doing that, you were repeating some tired old recycled stuff about black people using it etc. that we hear regularly from the morons ...
Holy suffering Christ, if the moral issue of the day is the right to say 'nigger' rather then 'The N-word' to a bunch of bored college students then g...
I can't relate to the childish joy you get out of being ignorant about this. There are historical and linguistic reasons for the differences in contex...
The solution to the problem is common sense. If you need to use it in an academic context or otherwise, do it sensitively. E.g. Don't keep repeating i...
I should have written to avoid ambiguity: "You're suggesting that I both... " Neither am I, but it's another hat I wear (though apparently the fit is ...
I didn't say you said that. You misread the word 'both' as referring to you and Isaac rather than two things Isaac did and thus misinterpreted me as s...
Well, at least we can laugh about it. Out there in the real world there is somewhat of a loss of a sense of the absurd, and of humour, and an embrace ...
Dammit, I'll need a bit of time to come up with something as poetically engaging as this. I've given up on winning the argument. But I may at least be...
I've got to say, having researched this a bit more, the following is abusive and counterproductive and reminds me of students shouting 'Nazi' and such...
She does come off better in a fuller context. You're both suggesting I misinterpreted Paglia and that I disagree with the interpretation I didn't make...
@"frank"'s interpretation is consistent with what Paglia said as in the university not tolerating a late complaint is consistent with them ignoring it...
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