Comments on: House language becomes gender neutral.

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:24:36 +0000

Hippie_Crusher,

You are cordially invited to engage in a session of auto-fornication.

By: Old Goat

Old Goat — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:39:32 +0000

Hippie_crusher Says: same crap, different line.

Sounds like someone needs a hug from his daddy.

By: ElBruce

ElBruce — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:53:37 +0000

19(c)(4)(A) strike “make sweet, sweet love” and insert “vote for cloture…”

By: dbadass

dbadass — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:34:03 +0000

where was this “s” before…

By: dbadass

dbadass — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:32:55 +0000

Hippie_crusher.
Have you ever met a girl with rings on her fingers and bell on her toes?

By: The Republic of Stupidity

The Republic of Stupidity — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:27:46 +0000

Hippie_crusher Says:
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Sorry, “has_a_crush”, but you and your fellow trolls have already burned thru TP’s supply of complimentary Depends for the year, and it’s only Jan 6.

Soooooooo, if you’d like a change, you’ll have to pay…

By: trinityman

trinityman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:13:04 +0000

To be fair, the use of the “generic he”, i.e. the use of “he” to mean “anyone in such position”, was a change instituted by eighteenth-century grammarians (someone can double-check the century for me) in order to adhere to biblical order. Previously, singular “they” was the most common gender-neutral form. So in a very real sense, it was changing the language to appease a group of people. In fact, there is a whole field devoted to the study of “language planning.” People who are interested should check it out.

Also, the term political correctness is much older than 1988, and is frequently (though possibly incorrectly) attributed to the Chinese Communists. http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/7/7-879.html

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:40:46 +0000

From an old DailyMail story:

‘The term political correctness was coined in 1988 by John O’Sullivan III, who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He was making an after dinner speech complaining about how Black Americans were being allowed to take the jobs traditionally reserved for the white majority because of a wave of political correctness.

LTdan Says:

God forbid anybody gets offended! Political correctness at its best. UGH!

January 6th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

Still think changing the language now and then is a bad idea, LTdan?

By: Old Goat

Old Goat — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:32:39 +0000

LTDan blabbers: God forbid anybody gets offended! Political correctness at its best. UGH!

Sir, you have every right to be offended, and we have every right not to have to listen to, or read your verbal and textual diarrhea.

By: Nevar

Nevar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:50:48 +0000

LTdan Says:

Hmm well you simply shouldnt have to change a language to appease a certain group of people.

Your syntax and grammar alone indicate you have changed the English language from it’s proper form. Are you trying to appease someone?

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:47:28 +0000

LTdan Says:

Hmm well you simply shouldnt have to change a language to appease a certain group of people.

“Change a language”? Nobody’s doing that. They are simply changing the wording of the rules. They aren’t introducing any new words to the language, so the language itself (that would be English, the language I presume you grew up speaking) isn’t being changed.

Do you still use the same “language” to refer to black people that the framers used in their time? Go out and try it sometime. Then you can see why it is beneficial to update the wording once in a while.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:26:24 +0000

LTdan Says:

Hmm well you simply shouldnt have to change a language to appease a certain group of people.
January 6th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

A “certain group?” I think 50% of the population is a rather significant group.

Just go ahead and stop with that “thinking” thing. It’s really not working out for you.

By: ElBruce

ElBruce — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:19:39 +0000

LTdan Says:

Hmm well you simply shouldnt have to change a language to appease a certain group of people.

What dbadass said. Also they didn’t “change a language.” And what “certain group of people” are you talking about? Broads?

By: dbadass

dbadass — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:17:51 +0000

Why not?

By: dbadass

dbadass — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:17:51 +0000

Doesn’t seem anybody had to. Seems they choose to…

By: ElBruce

ElBruce — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:12:39 +0000

dbadass Says:

Just a god darn minute! Masturbation isn’t okay?

Not since Michael Hutchence, RIP.

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:08:09 +0000

Nevar Says:
Sort of like our Ship of State.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm

Everything’s fine in First Class. They’re the folks who call the shots, set the course, allot rations, etc…

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:06:17 +0000

My idea for making language gender neutral is to use “one” and “some”. Chairone, firesome, etc…

By: Nevar

Nevar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:59:50 +0000

Then he cuts a hole in the bottom to let the water drain out.

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:57:45 +0000

Nevar,

Under Bush our Ship of State has become a dinghy.