University language guide says ‘grandfather,’ ‘housekeeping' etc. are ‘problematic’ words

Frederick Foresight · Jan 25, 2022

stoic said:
More 1984. Newspeak: a purposefully ambiguous and confusing language with restricted grammar and limited vocabulary used in Oceania, according or Orwell, “to diminish the range of thought.

Judging by the content of your posts, I thought you were all in on "diminishing range of thought."

FortuneTeller · Jan 25, 2022

Overnight said:
C'Mon, gotta' love my fuzzy logic there.

Fuzzy logic for the win! ;-)

FortuneTeller · Jan 25, 2022

Frederick Foresight said:
Don't look now, but you're already there. And you make it seem to effortless.

Thank you. Please use better grammar next time you post.

Maybe you need a nap. Go do that now.

Frederick Foresight · Jan 25, 2022

FortuneTeller said:
Thank you. Please use better grammar next time you post.

Maybe you need a nap. Go do that now.

Thank you, I made the necessary correction. “So,” not “to.” Typo.

Carry on.

KCalhoun · Jan 25, 2022

If I was the recipient of such a manual, I would write 3 big letters on it before returning it:

GFY

FortuneTeller · Jan 27, 2022

Frederick Foresight said:
Thank you, I made the necessary correction. “So,” not “to.” Typo.

Carry on.

Thank goodness. Once in a while I turn into a grammer/spelling cop.

jens irving · Mar 21, 2022

I don't miss my university even for a second. I met a lot of good friends there and make some good memories but those 5 years os constant studying-working-not sleeping properly where just exhausting. Even i used https://www.topessaywriting.org/personal-statement-writing-service to write all my assignments i still didn't have much time for a rest.

TreeFrogTrader · Mar 21, 2022

Overnight said:
You have already failed the woke test, because your nickname is "Fortuneteller". That means that you must be a Gypsy, because only Gypsies can be fortunetellers, right? And since gypsies are from the middle-east and eastern Europe, this is racism if we speak of them in any negative light.

Seriously, I do remember a long time ago when American gypsies complained to the Federal Trade Commission/Consumer Protection Division because they were putting out ads that said things like: "Don't get gypped."

Yeh, they were woke wayyy back.

Overnight · Mar 21, 2022

TreeFrogTrader said:
Seriously, I do remember a long time ago when American gypsies complained to the Federal Trade Commission/Consumer Protection Division because they were putting out ads that said things like: "Don't get gypped."

Yeh, they were woke wayyy back.