> > But that's in your head Dave. It's like saying that you shouldn't
> > use the word "whittler" around people who lived in Poland in
> > WW2
> 
> And it's in my mind that the damage would probably be. 

Hmmm, while there's no need to be intentionally insensitive or
provocative, I'd still use words that are etymologically correct

For example, I refuse to say "spokesperson" if the gender of
the person is known

I will never use "womyn" because some angry women don't
understand the "man" part of woman. Ditto "manual" labour

I will not stop using "balls up", because it has nothing to do
with what you might think it does. It is a perfectly legitimate
non-swearing phrase

Instead of me dumbing down my use of language, how about
others educate themselves and not be so reactionary ? Exactly
what I was saying before - it's always so one-way


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