tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post8498574659515394057..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: sunday morning reflectionsjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-90669240467894082712013-09-15T15:57:45.100+02:002013-09-15T15:57:45.100+02:00Well that was fun. So far I feel quite lucky that ...Well that was fun. So far I feel quite lucky that my children didn't turn out to be raving sexual addicts despite naked women, devils and other penises, using my catch phrase "mad as a box of frogs" will probably land me on some Save The Frogs watchdog's hate list, and, next time I inadvertently end up on the wrong express train out of Geneva to Berlin instead of Prague, everyone will probably just look at me and say, "It's ok, she's Luna Lovegood". I'm so glad I found out what's wrong with the modern world...lol Veronica Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288280932510764014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-8015484316059249982013-09-15T13:03:19.489+02:002013-09-15T13:03:19.489+02:00molly, i couldn't agree with you more. it'...molly, i couldn't agree with you more. it's taking it WAY too far. tho' i am trying not to use retard, like you, i can agree with that one. but sometimes crazy is just insane.julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-1747055809326919872013-09-15T12:42:02.753+02:002013-09-15T12:42:02.753+02:00Hmmm, I have some problems with that article as a ...Hmmm, I have some problems with that article as a linguist, not an ableist. <br />Wrt some words, she's perfectly right - 'retard' etc have no place in our language anymore.<br />But to lump the 'misuse' of deaf, blind, schizophrenic into the same category is narrow-minded. These words have other actual definitions in the dictionary and should be able to be used like that.<br />To be 'blind' to an issue is proper English useage that has existed for hundreds of years and can't be blackened (do African people find that offensive?) with the same brush as 'moron' or 'imbecile'.<br />I'd also like to retain the free use of crazy please - I regularly use it as a compliment.<br />Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678300547613778858noreply@blogger.com