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Backward countries,
which became undeveloped countries,
which became underdeveloped countries,
which became less-developed countries,
which became developing countries,
are now to be known as low-income countries under stress,
according to the World Bank.
Any thoughts or examples of the prgressive march of euphemism or of the politically correct terminology? (from milum, for example)
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old hand
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old hand
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I'm reminded of the famous question/answer of a reporter to Ghandi: "Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Western civilization?" Ghandi" "I think it would be a good idea."
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well, apparently the old term ESL (English as a Second Language) has now been replaced - at least in Aus - by CALD (Culturally & Liguistically Diverse), which to me is nowhere near the same thing... after all, you could and should say that Britain is CALD, but many/most wouldn't fit the ESL criteria...
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