RE: Pet Peeves

["elizabeth j allen" <eja -at- samurai -dot- com>]

Dori,

I am both a survivor and a slave descendant. I do not object to the term
"rule of thumb". In fact, I use it quite comfortably.

I do object to people presuming to speak for me and I do object to the
issue being aired in an inappropriate forum.

I suggest we end this thread now. It is inappropriate for Techwr-L.

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth J. Allen
Technical Writer
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein


Dori Green said:
> Rule of thumb:  congrats, everybody found it.  It might be innocuous to a
> white middle-aged upper-income male, where it absolutely is not innocuous
> to
> a survivor of domestic abuse or someone whose great-grandfather was owned.
> Survivors and slave descendents have told us that they don't want to see
> this phrase any more.  That should be all that's needed.
>
> A good presentation about the importance of the influence of language as
> well as its literal (or contextual) meaning can be found at
> http://chancellor.tennessee.edu/facultyhandbook/appendix4.shtml .
>
> Dog and pony show:  from
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-7187271-2415965?url=search-alias%3D
> aps&field-keywords=handbook+of+non-sexist+writing, _The Handbook of
> Non-Sexist Writing_ -- wow, it's very popular so it's been tremenously
> sanitized on the 'net.  The original very popular Victorian stage shows
> involved dogs, ponies, and women.  Nuff said.  It's a phrase we don't
> need.
>
> Dori Green


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