[Ads-l] Harmful, hurtful, horrible

[Tom Zurinskas]

The article says the term "American" stands for 42 countries.  Anybody in the American Dialect Society knows that "American" stands for USA and Canada.


Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com

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Subject: Harmful, hurtful, horrible

Never use:

https://ktla.com/news/american-and-you-guys-among-words-considered-harmful-by-stanford-group/

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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