I said (a couple of times) to my lady friend earlier today that this redefinition is my crowning achievement to date.
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Corneel wrote:So WTF has this to do with linguistics?
lin·guis·tics
liNGˈɡwistiks/
noun
noun: linguistics
the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics, and applied linguistics.
Keep It Real wrote:Had a thought yesterday, and this is probably as good a thread for it as any.
Is it possible for a psychopath to be an "cunt"?
Is it possible for somebody with Down Syndrome to be a "moron"?
Is it possible for somebody with Asperger's to be a "asshole"?
Is it possible for somebody with bipolar to be "nutty as a fruitcake"?
Is it possible for somebody with an IQ of 80 to be an "idiot"?
Is it possible for a pathological liar to be "full of shit"?
Is it possible for an addict to be "irresponsible"?
etc etc etc
Seems to me that once somebody is labelled as being "defective" all is forgiven, and yet in what way are non-labelled/diagnosed neural patterns which result in maladaptive thought/behaviour any more deserving of hostile and/or derogatory terminology? Beats me...
zoon wrote:For those of us with normal, healthy wiring in the brain, being told we are behaving in those ways, i.e. being called names, is likely to bring about an improvement in behaviour, we are being threatened with group sanctions.
zoon wrote:By contrast, for people with Down's Syndrome, Asperger's etc., no amount of calling names will bring about a change in behaviour, these people have the misfortune to be incapable of the types of highly complex self-control needed to behave otherwise.
Rachel Bronwyn wrote:What are you thinking?
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