Hi back! I'm glad you like my linkspams--that makes me happy. :)
Hmm. Disorderly gets at some of what I mean about my neighbours, but that makes it sound like I'm criticizing how they live, rather than the bad judgments that lead them to live that way. And 'unwise' sounds too prissy (I mean, I have a tag on dreamwidth called "crazy neighbours", and changing it to "unwise neighbours" would sound reeeeeally ridiculous to me). I'll keep thinking about it, though.
I guess I prefer the efforts to change discriminatory language when there's an easy fix. ;) You know, like 'flight attendant' for 'stewardess' or 'chair' for 'chairman', or (in Canada) "First Nations" for "Indian". Easy!
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Date: 2011-02-13 12:17 am (UTC)Hmm. Disorderly gets at some of what I mean about my neighbours, but that makes it sound like I'm criticizing how they live, rather than the bad judgments that lead them to live that way. And 'unwise' sounds too prissy (I mean, I have a tag on dreamwidth called "crazy neighbours", and changing it to "unwise neighbours" would sound reeeeeally ridiculous to me). I'll keep thinking about it, though.
I guess I prefer the efforts to change discriminatory language when there's an easy fix. ;) You know, like 'flight attendant' for 'stewardess' or 'chair' for 'chairman', or (in Canada) "First Nations" for "Indian". Easy!
-J