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Originally Posted by Withano
Derogatory and disrespectful are not synonyms 
Yes what Ryan said could be disrespectful.. But not derogatory..
Spitting on a grave is disrespectful and not derogatory for example.
I don't know how to explain this to you any further, this is something you (and Jason) should research in your own time. |
You don't know how to explain it because you are wrong. If we take the literary meaning of all words spoken, the English language makes no sense. It is a language that we fill the gaps in with common sense and understanding. The best known phrase or statement people these days use is f..k off. Try explaining that to a foreigner. It means make love away....no that's daft. Just the same as Derogatory and disrespectful live in the same bowl.
Anyone can dissect and cogitate over everything we say and come up with a technically logical reason why it makes no sense but as Churchill one said, if it sounds right in English, it is right.
The statement Jason made to Ryan made no sense to ryan because he is thick, but when we apply a bit of common sense to what he said, nearly everyone there understood what he meant. Trying to prove it is grammatically wrong is an exercise in futility and fails badly. You are now being derogatory and disrespectful to everyone that thought the statement was right, work that one out.