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Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word?

#5309 08/18/00 04:18 AM

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no one has suggested PC alternatives for words such as "gauche," "maladroit," "ambidextrous" etc. Such terms are just as blatantly negative in their derivation and connotation as other words now considered non-U.
Just a thought but words don't come much less PC than U and non-U, surely?

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Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? Brandon 08/17/00 11:49 AM

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Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? AnnaStrophic 08/17/00 11:05 PM

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Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? OmarKhyam 08/19/00 12:22 AM

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Re: out in left field tsuwm 08/19/00 03:33 PM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? Bingley 08/18/00 04:18 AM

. Max Quordlepleen 08/18/00 07:02 AM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? tsuwm 08/18/00 03:26 PM

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Re: lefthandedness Jackie 07/28/01 02:14 AM

Re: lefthandedness AnnaStrophic 07/28/01 11:00 AM

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Re: An experiment Faldage 07/31/01 01:02 PM

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Re: An experiment Faldage 08/07/01 03:55 PM

Re: An experiment Brandon 08/07/01 05:51 PM

U and non-U wwh 07/28/01 05:17 PM

Re: U and non-U tsuwm 07/28/01 05:20 PM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? OmarKhyam 08/19/00 12:16 AM

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Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better wo michaelo 08/19/00 06:51 AM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? TEd Remington 08/19/00 10:47 AM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? Jackie 08/19/00 11:57 AM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? tsuwm 08/17/00 01:50 PM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? tsuwm 08/18/00 03:57 PM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? TEd Remington 08/18/00 04:27 PM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? william 08/18/00 04:52 PM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? Jackie 08/18/00 10:06 PM

Re: Ambidextrous - any suggestions for a better word? AnnaStrophic 08/19/00 12:42 AM

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