End of ADS-L Digest - 20 Nov 1995 to 21 Nov 1995

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There are 7 messages totalling 249 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. PC Language (2)

 2. PC (3)

 3. Hannah Cowley (fwd)

 4. Turkish Language - Melungeon question (fwd)



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Date:  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 07:12:35 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: PC Language



Kathleen M. O'Neill wrote:



>> Retarded people, formerly known as mongoloids now have "Downs syndrome."

>

>JFTR, I wanted to note the difference between

>"retarded" and "Downs syndrome."

>One, as I'm sure you're aware, is not

>necessarily the other.

>

>But I am perhaps taking this too precisely --

>it occurs to me that you may have meant

>"formerly known as mongoloids" as a qualifier

>for "retarded people."

>

>If that is so, then oops! I have no issue. =^]

>



 That's exactly the way I meant it.



--SETH