Just thought I'd point to to recent similar threads to keep all the PC references together on this, and throw everything into the pot (as it were).
Here's one on the historical designations BC/AD ...and the new BCE:
The Language Mutateshttp://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=83689The Founding Brothershttp://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=89888Niggardly/Offensive terms/PC another recent, extensive discussion from September, '02
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=80265Political Correctness 6/12/02
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=72847And the granddaddy (grandmommy, grand
codger?
) of all the PC threads, the original
Political Correctness, from 7/20/2000, alphatized by the one and only tsuwm
...a lengthy and intriguing discussion:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=2786