This is gold
The fact that the people who ban words are so stupid creates a situation resembling dramatic irony. I can think of about 20 words and phrases they'd ban if they knew their origins.
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ignoring the strawman for a sec, maybe it's about the impact a discourse has on society instead of objectively the origin?
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The ones who get the etymologies wrong are even dumber.
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Examples please?
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Here’s a fresh one for you. Banning the word ‘Ciao’. ‘Ciao' comes from 'schiavo'. It's a Venetian dialect for the word 'slave' and literally translates as 'I am your slave'. Came across it here:https://www.jamoe.org/redraft/highlight-question-and-answer …
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You should give a seminar on this.
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Go on then...
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Cat in the hat?
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