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You betray your point a bit by using a misspelled word (the earthworks are spelled "dike," it's a homophone of the slur). Part of the reason that there is a bac
by qppo 6y ago
You betray your point a bit by using a misspelled word (the earthworks are spelled "dike," it's a homophone of the slur). Part of the reason that there is a backlash against usage of language that comes off as bigoted is because the people that use it don't realize that. Like for example, failure to realize that a slur and some earthworks are not the same word.
- prohobo 6y agoIt's spelled dyke as well as dike in modern english. In any case, it's an example, not the main point. There are other words which trigger interesting misconceptions due to how parts of them are commonly used culturally. Like 'homosapien', 'Uranus', 'retard' (move backwards, sometimes seen on buses and trucks), 'period', etc.