Date:  Tue, 25 Oct 1994 16:41:00 -0700

From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU>

Subject: Re: offending idioms



On Mon, 17 Oct 1994, Roger Vanderveen wrote:



>  From: Judy Kuster <KUSTER[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VAX1.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>

>

>  YOu are the second to ask - maybe I'm wrong, or the person who presented

>  the workshop on cultural sensitivity I attended recently, was wrong. I

>  asked a female colleague and she said it is offensive and vulgar to her,

>  too - it has sex for money connotations it her mind, mine, too. How

>  do I find out the actual entomology?

>

> It owuld be nice tohave some of the context included so we could figure out

> what you're talking about.

>

> Entomology? Better check your dictionary for that word before you include it

> in your paper.

>

>

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> Roger Vanderveen                       Intel Corporation

>                                Hillsboro, OR

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>

This use of "entomology" is obviously one of those offensive idioms!



Peter McGraw

Linfield College