Re: Re[2]: Speaking of Improper Terminology

[Buck and Tilly Buchanan <writer -at- WF -dot- NET>]

A perfect example of your comment is this:

We lived in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a 93% hispanic community.  One
of our good friends had some of her children visit from El Paso.  They
stayed a few days (great kids) and we really enjoyed meeting them.

After they left, Tilly mentioned to her one day that she was sorry that
Connie's *gang* had left, because we enjoyed having them around.

Connie was so incensed that Tilly referred to her children as a *gang* that
she never again spoke to Tilly, and told other residents in the RV park
that Tilly had insulted her.

No matter how much we tried to make Connie understand the affectionate term
*gang* she only knew one connotation and would not be swayed.

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Sent from a very busy extra bedroom in our house,
sometimes also called InterAmerican Publications.
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Buck and Tilly Buchanan

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> From: Marie C. Paretti <mparetti -at- RRINC -dot- COM>
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Speaking of Improper Terminology
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 1997 7:04 AM
>
> >
> >If I were to start using "scott" in reference to something negative, and
> >over time that caught on so that the most common usage of the word was
in
> >reference to that that negative thing, would you then change your name
> >because of its "negative connotations"?
>
> How many parents name their kid Hitler?  Maybe Adolf is still popular in
> Germany, but I kinda doubt it.
>
>
>
> Marie C. Paretti
> Department of English                           Recognition Research,
Inc.
> University of Wisconsin - Madison        Blacksburg, Virginia
> mparetti -at- facstaff -dot- wisc -dot- edu                        mparetti -at- rrinc -dot- com
>
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