In his letter to the editor, Jack Elder talked about the definition of the word “Dixie” (“‘Dixie’ isn’t racist,” July 26). We must remember the English language is a living, constantly changing thing.

Yes it does have a negative connotation especially when used with slave. Many people will roll their eyes and make it appear that the case of someone using the negative connotation of master/slave in ...

"I love it because, in one word, you can refer to the alphabet soup of gay, lesbian, bisexual, questioning, `heteroflexible,' `omnisexual,' `pansexual' and all of the other shades of difference in ...

What image do you get when you hear the word ‘drug’? Write a word or phrase that is associated with the term ‘drug’? When I asked the participants to answer these two questions at a workshop on ...

FOR the benefit of David Lacey and Peter Dolan (HAS, both Page 9, Jan 13) I will try to explain the difference between words like “Geordie” and words like “Paki”. Geordie is a name which Tyneside ...

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It has 500 pupils, scores of classrooms, a headmistress, staffroom and playground. But woe betide anyone who refers to Watercliffe Meadow as a school. The word has been banished since it opened in ...

I'm working on a project for which we need to keep a running list of items. Someone suggested that we call it the "Master Tracking List", and I instantly found that a little off-putting. For me, it ...

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