I noticed that people have been changing the way they talk or write recently but I'm wondering what kind of words have you heard or written or read that have changed recently? For example, I know many people used to call African-Americans, black people. Now they are calling them African-Americans.
2007-09-05 15:01:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I'm not asking this because I have a problem with change of words. I'm curious so pls don't give me a hard time with this.
2007-09-05 15:13:06 · update #1
All language are evolving and changing every day except a few, and they are the one's that are not currently being used. A good example is Latin. Just look at the words that were invented because there was no need for them before: radio, radar, television, computer, nanosecond, byte, "borked", and many more.
This is my help from Washington, D.C. USA.
lol (invented for internet)
:)
Get my drift?
2007-09-05 15:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's something interesting... the black community has started to catagorize themselves by calling the successful ones african americans and the 'ghetto' ones black society. lots of terms have changed to make society pc. secretaries are office assistants, handicapped people are disables, fat people are obese, garbage guys are sanitation engineers.
2007-09-05 15:18:22 · answer #2 · answered by genarodj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called being politically correct. Like food server, flight attendant non-white. undocumented worker.
2007-09-05 15:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hay things change get over it
2007-09-05 15:11:44 · answer #4 · answered by Adam B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
also neglecting someone is "helping someone"
insulting someone is" just being funny"
humilating someone is" correcting a situation"
sheeesh.......
2007-09-05 15:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by zzzzgigi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋