[Ads-l] Harmful, hurtful, horrible

[Nancy Friedman]

Stanford removed the list from its website earlier this month.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/11/amid-backlash-stanford-removes-harmful-language-list

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On Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 8:37 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> > Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work
> > SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
> > Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 4:00 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Subject: Harmful, hurtful, horrible
> >
> > Never use:
> >
> >
> >
> https://ktla.com/news/american-and-you-guys-among-words-considered-harmful-by-stanford-group/
> >
> > JL
> >
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
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