[Ads-l] Harmful, hurtful, horrible

[Bill Mullins]

> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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> 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?

Probably considered by some to be "ableist", in that people who use wheelchairs, etc., are not able to "walk in" to such a space.


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