Thread: Words...

On the internet, words are your entire face. They are "you". The words you choose, and the way you use them, present your entire identity.

So, I have a question...why make yourself ugly? Isn't it better all around to present your best face to the internet?

Recently, a lot of people have been throwing around words that in their most innocent interpretation are simply lazy, and in their less innocent, are bigoted and hateful.

Sure, it's long, but "Pakistani" is not so difficult to spell. Two "a"s, two "i"s, not so much trouble. Not nearly as confusing as "Antidisestablishmentarianism." Not even as tricky as "Coccyx", a word that got me kicked out of the final round of the regional spelling bee in 5th grade, and a word I will remember to my grave because of it.

And "Japanese" is a word you probably use all the time! Why shorten it? You can leave out the "Schoolgirl" part, that's fine...

The thing is, the negative bit might not be what you mean, but it's what lots of people see. Sure, you can say it's not your problem if people see unintended negativity, but you're the one who looks ugly...when all it would take is a couple more keystrokes to clear up (unless, of course, it's not so innocent. In which case all the keystrokes in the world will do no good).

All I'm saying is, a little care with words will make who you are, and what you want to say, much clearer and much cleaner to others.

That's all I'm saying...