[Ads-l] Harmful, hurtful, horrible

[Laurence Horn]

Since the article doesn't elucidate, I'm wondering about the putatively
hurtful nature of "walk-in". Psychologically harmful to houses, apartments,
or people that don't have such closets? Or insulting to certain clinics?

On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 11:30 AM Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The article says the term "American" stands for 42 countries.  Anybody in
> the American Dialect Society knows that "American" stands for USA and
> Canada.
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> 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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> https://ktla.com/news/american-and-you-guys-among-words-considered-harmful-by-stanford-group/
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> JL
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