02-28-2010, 12:58 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Central...KY that is
Posts: 39,517
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wait. Wait. WAIT! Words have more than one meaning? The hell you say.
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
The people and organizations dealing with, or representing, children/adults with learning disabilities, resent them being called retarded. Fine, I'm down with that.
BUT, banishing the valid English word retarded, in all it's other contexts, is not. Retarded in the opposite of advanced. Quick, learning disability the spark before the engine stalls! I don't think so. Saying your idea/suggestion is retarded means not advanced, moving in the retarded (backward) direction.
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You know what she meant.
BTW: I've been writing to a friend, and I address the letters to Big Giant Bird That Rises From It's Ashes, Arizona. They always come back, wonder why?
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