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Post by Epi on Jan 6, 2009 4:38:13 GMT 9.5
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (UPI) -- A Michigan university has released its 34th annual list of words and phrases ripe for banishment from the English language, including "green" and "maverick."
Lake Superior State University in the city of Sault Ste. Marie said its 34th annual "List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness" was based on nominations from the public.
"Green" -- including variations "going green," "building green," "greening," "green technology" and others -- received the most nominations this year, the school said.
Two additional environmentally themed entries, "carbon footprint" and "carbon offsetting," also made the list.
The list included other words bandied about by politicians during 2008, including "maverick," "bailout" and "game changer."
Nominators also lamented the use of "staycation" to mean a vacation that does not involve traveling far from home.
"Occurrences of this word are going up with gas prices. 'Vacation' does not mean 'travel,' nor does travel always involve vacation. Let's send this word on a slow boat to nowhere," said Dan Muldoon of Omaha.
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Jan 8, 2009 13:12:26 GMT 9.5
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Post by wvpeach1963 on Jan 9, 2009 4:00:46 GMT 9.5
We should take notice . At least to document the fact its these universities that often write our text books, and with a son that is a history teacher I can tell you that they have changed the political correctness of language so much in the last few years that it makes it difficult to teach kids real history.
For instance it was decided that the words squaw and slave held negative connotations that might upset kids of Indian or black heritage so squaw and slave were taken out or most primary history books.
Now how can we teach the genocide that we perpetrated on the Indians without using the words prevalent at that time?
And how can one teach slavery without using the word?
So this PC language crap does have some consequences we all need to be aware of.
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Jan 9, 2009 21:09:57 GMT 9.5
True peach, personally I thought the whole thing was just to silly for any sane person to take seriously. Someone needs to bang a shaft through politically correctness as it has gone way too far.
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