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cyclonefence

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15. I guess geography matters as much as context

Reply to Igel (Reply #9)

Mon May 14, 2018, 07:15 AM

May 2018

I'm from southern WV (Hinton), and "honey" and the like were definitely class-related terms.

BTW, you made my day with your use of implication and inference.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates on words that don't belong to everyone. [View all] OneBro May 2018 OP

K&R Solly Mack May 2018 #1

For people who never watch linked videos gollygee May 2018 #2

Words are contextual and relationship-dependent. Hekate May 2018 #3

Exception to his examples misanthrope May 2018 #4

But context still matters cyclonefence May 2018 #5

It still depends. Igel May 2018 #9

I guess geography matters as much as context cyclonefence May 2018 #15

It was not uncommon, when I was very young, for elderly men to call Glorfindel May 2018 #6

True, but it seems beside the point. nt gollygee May 2018 #7

in the case you raise, region is an important part of the context 0rganism May 2018 #11

Context would still apply. The women who use that term because of region or culture JI7 May 2018 #13

I am so glad he came onto the scene. He contributes much... brush May 2018 #8

Cultural appropriation because it's "cool" ProudLib72 May 2018 #10

I wouldn't call it cultural appropriation. OneBro May 2018 #12

We are talking the same language ProudLib72 May 2018 #14