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   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:51:59 -0700 (PDT), Helen Hall   
    wrote in   
      
   in rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > To make matters worse (and this is what's now niggling me   
   > and perhaps the other objectors), those defending the   
   > usage and dismissing our objections as trivial are   
   > putting themselves in a superior position and basically   
   > giving higher priority to the US English usage over other   
   > nations' usage.   
      
   I won't speak for anyone else, but I absolutely am not   
   saying or implying any such thing.  I would have exactly the   
   same reaction if in a similar context you made a post   
   including quoted words that are generally offensive in U.S.   
   English but not in British English.  I am objecting to the   
   idea that words can legitimately be considered seriously   
   offensive in and of themselves, without reference to how and   
   by whom they are being used.   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
      
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