I usually err on the side of conservatism in the use of language. Just today a friend pointed out that I had used the word "stewardess" over five times in the course of telling a story about a flight I had taken. I said, "Well, what would you call a stewardess?" His response was "a stewardess, but it's not PC." I laughed and asked when I have ever been PC.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Il Nome della Rosa by Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose)
- 02/05/2012 06:01:04 PM
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It's one of my favourites.
- 02/05/2012 07:52:27 PM
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Awful pun!
- 03/05/2012 02:48:25 AM
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You liked it.
- 03/05/2012 04:21:17 PM
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I found it! And it only took me five or six meticulous rereads of your post. *NM*
- 04/05/2012 08:15:48 PM
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I really need to reread that. I mostly remember loving the library.
- 02/05/2012 08:09:48 PM
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It is so lovely
- 03/05/2012 11:31:31 AM
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It seems an expansive use of the term "postmodern".
- 04/05/2012 12:12:19 AM
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