The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThomas, no!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1572arrow-down121
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minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoDoesn’t matter, the word is rooted in homophobic intent.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoSo is “gay”. Language evolves. Being a linguistic originalist would be a hard and eccentric hill to die on.
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours ago Being a linguistic originalist would be a hard and eccentric hill to die on. Well good I’m glad the UK has abandoned that principle, it was getting a bit pretentious.
Doesn’t matter, the word is rooted in homophobic intent.
So is “gay”. Language evolves. Being a linguistic originalist would be a hard and eccentric hill to die on.
Well good I’m glad the UK has abandoned that principle, it was getting a bit pretentious.