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Skriven 2010-07-28 18:13:50 av David Drummond (3:640/384)
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Robert Bashe -> David Drummond wrote:
 RB> David Drummond wrote to Dale Shipp on Tuesday July 27 2010 at 18:55:

 DS>>> They are also called the Amish.  They have preserved a way of life
 DS>>> and religion for perhaps more than a century.  Although they are
 DS>>> different from most of us, the characterization as "oddballs" is
 DS>>> unfairly derogatory.

 DD>> Then they shouldn't be so odd!

 RB> ;-)

 RB> Actually, I think Dale is too sensitive. "Oddball" is not derogatory
 RB> nowadays, just a term for people who are out of step with the rest of
 RB> society. I frankly wouldn't consider it an insult to be so termed -
 RB> might even be pleased to be considered offbeat.

Is Dale an Amish? If not, how does he know they deem being called "oddball" as
derogatory?

Any word can bee deemed derogatory, don't always mean that it's meant that way.

 RB> Now, if Michiel had written "weirdos" or "crazies", _that_ might have
 RB> been derogatory - although that's often a matter of opinion nowadays.

They are weird!

 RB> The language has coarsened a good deal since I was a kid, and only real
 RB> bluenoses get upset when they see an occasional four-letter word
 RB> nowadays. Not that they don't use them themselves in private...

All part of the Aussie lingo :)

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regards

David

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