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Interesting look, and explanation for ad etiquette usage, of words now banned from real estate lisitings. 1997 Word Watch List Fair housing/Rental Advertisements http://pnpa.com/legal/words.htm
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for ad etiquette usage
could this sort of language be described as "inadiquette?"
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Yep, gotta be careful not to offend anybody, these days.
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gotta be careful not to offend anybody
It is not acceptable to attempt to limit the housing to certain persons by stating that it is not accessible.
And if it isn't accessible? Ah, well, caveat emptor I suppose.
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I suppose that it is OK to give a description of just what the access is like, and allow people to make up their own minds whether it's worth their while checking the place out?
"This charming property is surrounded on three sides by deep marshes and is approached by a precipitous scramble down a sheer rock face before climbing the 137 steps to the front door. The rear door opens directly onto a platform from where the dive into a deep pool is 32 foot at high tide."
This would successfully put off wheel-chair users, probably.
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accessability is has been a project lately at work-- an new agency wide application sold to us as "508 complient" (508 be the reference number to the law) isn't.
Dr Bill, do you use Zoom Text? or Windows magnifing program? or just a large monitor and resolution?
and how about others? and have we heard from my Dear Mr Bingley lately? what is he using? or has he given up on doing anything but work related typing?
Accessability software is my newest interest.. from Jaws*, to Zoom Text, to Dragon speak..
(*JAWs is a screen reader, used by the blind)
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Wonder why the phrase "politcally correct" wasn't included?
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Accessability software is my newest interest.. from Jaws*, to Zoom Text, to Dragon speak..
(*JAWs is a screen reader, used by the blind)I feel obliged to throw in that Opera is King in terms of Web accessibility, Helen [me being on this subject a little like my strophic Auntie is about Macs  ] For real accessibility, of course, you need well-designed Websites. Don't hold your breath. 
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Well by US law, all new web sites for US corporations should be accessable.. many still aren't, and the government has been slow to enforce the law, but we've been tasked to make ours easy, and more accessable...
the US Government is the largest retailer on the Web! you can by US postage stamps, permits, publications, salvage goods, land, excesses and goodness knows what else... and all of the pages are designed to be accessable!
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Revealing my ignorance again: how can a website not be accessible? You just go there, don't you? Do you mean the ones that require you to register (stupid NYT, mutter mutter grr) or that require a security clearance? I have come to ones that tell me I'm not authorized to enter--I think it's the ones who require a paid subscription that tell me that. But surely all free ones are accessible, aren't they?
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