i just wondered yesterday, if i couldn't speak i might take offence at the use of the word dumb. is it non-pc?
2007-06-27 05:26:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
omg sorry but a whole pile of bumba***s answered my question. I am talking about people who are physically unable to speak, not merely stupid people. Dumb is a technical term for this, synonymous with 'mute'
2007-06-27 06:01:29 · update #1
Actually because of the negative connotation associated with the word dumb, it is more preferential to use the term mute. The reason for this is because the term mute is not confused with a derogatory term. For example Helen Keller was very intelligent for a dumb person. Or Helen Keller was a very intelligent mute.
2007-06-27 06:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by kevin t 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call it like you see it and let the person who is offended deal with it. Political Correctness is just another form of censorship. Don't fall for it.
2015-06-10 10:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by KY-Clay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is OK to call some one dumb,you just have to be able to deal with that person's reaction once you call them dumb.
2007-06-27 05:37:17 · answer #3 · answered by mil414 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try "mute" like u said!!
or "unable to speak"
this question is kinda dumb
2007-06-27 09:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by Elisheva 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could be correct, but usually people just say it as an alternative to saying stupid.
2007-06-27 05:29:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the pc term is MUTE
2007-06-27 08:12:31 · answer #6 · answered by luckyduck2006 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is considered politically and socially incorrect to call someone ANY name...be it dumb, stupid, a@$hole, or idiot...
Try not to call someone names....it just makes YOU look like the "dumb/idiot/a@#hole" ......
My Mother always said" if you can't say something nice to, or about, someone, don't say ANYTHING at all"...
2007-06-27 05:50:00 · answer #7 · answered by Toots 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
unless they cant speak then it is not politically correct..if they are truely "dumb" then yes
2007-06-27 05:33:21 · answer #8 · answered by becca9892003 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
da I dont know i like soup
2007-06-27 05:29:42 · answer #9 · answered by fr2fish 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, you must say 'educationally challenged' or 'intellectually underdeveloped'.
2007-06-27 05:31:09 · answer #10 · answered by panthrosbulge 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋