The Art of Moving On

€uroMeinke · 03-23-2006, 05:12 PM

Language is an intereting beast - sometimes the euphamism becomes the next epithet, othertimes it becomes a badge of honor - just look at:

Colored
Negro
Black
African American

All at least one time were prefered useages - but over time the connotations attached to each morphed both meaning and intent.

I like the idea of siezing langauge - there was an ioten in NPR not too long ago in which they talked about how some of the success of the republican party has been their ability to define the terms in their favor - but that's even more of a derail - perhaps I'll come back later and create a language thread.

03-23-2006, 05:12 PM	#27
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Language is an intereting beast - sometimes the euphamism becomes the next epithet, othertimes it becomes a badge of honor - just look at: Colored Negro Black African American All at least one time were prefered useages - but over time the connotations attached to each morphed both meaning and intent. I like the idea of siezing langauge - there was an ioten in NPR not too long ago in which they talked about how some of the success of the republican party has been their ability to define the terms in their favor - but that's even more of a derail - perhaps I'll come back later and create a language thread. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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