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There's also the issue of words that sound offensive. Case in point, niggard [0] has cost people their jobs. Wikipedia maintains a list of controversies[1]. [
by psychphysic 4y ago
There's also the issue of words that sound offensive.
Case in point, niggard [0] has cost people their jobs. Wikipedia maintains a list of controversies[1].
[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niggard https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niggard
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word...
- psychphysic 4y agoOr this Chinese example https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/08/professor-suspended-saying-chinese-word-sounds-english-slur https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/08/professor-sus...