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reipanOkay, what the hell is it with words these days? I just put "the elderly" on my application form (I'm volunteering in a nursing home, and they want reasons why I wanna work there), and was informed too late that that's un-PC now.
Oh, yes. You have to say "elderly people" nowadays, because otherwise it's like you're objectifying the older generation. (Oh, there, see, I bet I just did it again.)
Am I the only one who didn't get the memo on this? As well as the hundred other oh-so-subtle changes in phrase that've been going on for the past year or so?
Oh, yes. You have to say "elderly people" nowadays, because otherwise it's like you're objectifying the older generation. (Oh, there, see, I bet I just did it again.)
Am I the only one who didn't get the memo on this? As well as the hundred other oh-so-subtle changes in phrase that've been going on for the past year or so?
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