Re: [OT] Ownership of words

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 08 January 2012 12:18:17 Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> I'm sorry to learn about your affliction, Lisi, but if you tell people
> you're allergic to nuts, I'm sure they wont confuse it with a dislike
> for people with oddball ideas, although they may kill you.

On the contrary, that is exactly what they do.  Most people now think that "I 
am allergic to" means "I don't like".

I think it is unacceptable to use the words for a disability, any disabuility, 
lightly or derogatively.  E.g., spastics can no longer be called spastics 
because the word has been so degraded by being used incorrectly.

Lisi