Date:  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:56:29 -0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: PC Language: Seth's List



It happened to me again while reading Seth's wonderful Jeremaiad on the

history of PC. Except where the euphemisms/revisionisms have become

institutionalized, I can't tell parody from actual use. For example, does

anyone ever say "vertically challenged" without making a joke? Hell, I'm

short and have suffered for it (ask Dukakis), but I can't say "vertically

challenged" without smirking. I am also "follically/follicularly/follicly

challenged," but that challenge has been an asset in some ways. Baldness

comes with a kind of dignity unattainable with a hair

piece/toupe/toup/rug--or textured spray paint.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu