[Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 12 Sep 2022 to 13 Sep 2022 (#2022-228)

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Wed Sep 14 12:47:11 UTC 2022


On 9/14/22 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:01:50 -0400
> From:    Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject: Re: diverse-owned Re: ADS-L Digest - 8 Sep 2022 to 10 Sep 2022 (#2022-225)
>
> True as far as ethnicity goes, but "diverse" also sometimes extends to
> sexual minorities.  Still designating "other", as you say.
>
> LH

And also gender "minorities". So, yes, I recognize the breadth of 
"diverse" as euphemism, but see previous rant. And that "breadth" is I 
think why I was going for "shorthand" as opposed to "euphemism".

---Amy West

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