---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chris Page <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] More substitute terms for the g-word To: Michael Barraclough <[email protected]>
And could we please do this under a separate thread so it doesn’t drown out the original question? -Chris Page San Diego On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:44 PM Michael Barraclough via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Could someone please explain to me why the word gyp*** is considered a > racial slur. I note that the body that represents gyp***s in the USA calls > itself the Gypsy Council USA and in the UK it is the Gypsy Council. This is > the term they have chosen to represent their ethnicity and they seem to be > proud of it. Who are we to disagree? > > Michael Barraclough > http://michaelbarraclough.com > > > On 03/14/2018 01:33 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote: > > I think having a word that sounds similar is an asset, not a liability. I > have used look-see quite successfully. In years, few will know that a > "look-see" used to be called as a G... I have also used Walk 'round with > no problem. > > My initial attempt was Hipsy, but Linda Leslie quickly, and prudently > discouraged such usage. > > Rich > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Martha Wild via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I don’t see that if you substitute a term that ends with a long e it >> should be nixed just for that reason. OK, maybe kipsy might be considered >> just a euphemism. But "Look-see", as described by Susan Michaels, has the >> virtue of involving the fact that you are looking at the other person, and >> seeing them. Why shouldn’t we choose a term that’s easier to substitute and >> remember to use like “Look-see” instead of the bland, cold, bulky, >> impossible to shorten, “right shoulder round” (or left shoulder round). >> Martha >> >> > On Mar 14, 2018, at 1:11 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I appreciate the point that several have made that a term that sounds >> just like gypsy isn't a reasonable substitute. Fair enough. The search >> continues... >> > >> > Kalia in Sebastopol >> > _______________________________________________ >> > List Name: Callers mailing list >> > List Address: [email protected] >> > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: [email protected] >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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