Changes From Above Flashcards
(18 cards)
Plain English Campaign
Advocates for the use of clear and concise language to make information for accessible to general public
Language gatekeepers
People who decide what is acceptable language
Include teachers editors and publishers
Political Correctness
Born from civil rights movement
Avoidance of terms that marginalise people and groups
PC - Richard Little John PC gone mad
“Baa baa rainbow sheep”
Lang decisions made on behalf of other groups
Sensitivity readers
Destroy creativity
Ronald Dahl
“Fat” “ugly” has been changed to “enormous”
Virginia Mendes
Do not have to cancel things that no longer resonate with us
Uni campus culture
Triggered
Wheel chair user
John Stuard Mill (philosophist)
This perculiar evil is silencing the expression of opinions
Ricky Gervais
“Words change. Get over it”
Sean Dyche
Utter some nonsense
Urban dictionary PC
A way we speak to avoid offending pussies - term has pejorated over time
Censorship ?
PC shuts downs discussions
Activist Ayalan Hirsi Ali
A weapon used to silence people who tell the truth
PC equivocation
Me too movement
Prescriptivist
Strict rules on how language should be
Descriptivist
Describes the actual use of language
