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Originally posted by _Audrey
No it doesn't. If everyone totally abolished all words that might cause offense to someone, the English vocabulary would shrink a hell of a lot. It's not exactly difficult to work out whether someone would be offended, if it was that much of a time consumer then yeah I wouldn't say it. However, like I said - it's each to their own.
And to Nurse57 - it's not racist. I'm not going to have a conversation with someone who just branded me a racist.
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No one was talking about abolishing words. Some words are more sensitive than others especially words that are used as racial epithets. Surely it would be more sensible to not use the word rather than use the word and then defend your right to use it when it finally gets you in trouble.