[Artemisia] Smalls and language

[Megen/Phoebe]

No one asked for my opinion.  I just gave it.  Small does not equal bad.  There are children taller than me though.  Do we call them "talls"?  I just think there are better words to use... like child or kid or their name.  It's like calling adults "fats" or "olds".

Stephanae Baker <stephanae at countryrhoades.net> wrote:  I think apologizing is unnecessary, although perhaps I missed the 
post that said, "We really want Megen to call a child a small." But 
since you proffer an apology, I, for one, accept it and forgive you. 
In fact, I strongly support you in your decision. I think you are 
falling into the trap that Niccolo mentioned in an earlier post where 
all adjectives equal either good or bad. But since small obviously 
equals bad to you, it seems like your decision not to use it to 
describe children is a very sound one.

Belladonna


On Aug 9, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Megen/Phoebe wrote:

> I'm sorry... but I will never call a child a "small". I think it's 
> degrading. Tell a child he is "small" long enough and he will 
> believe it in many different aspects of the word.
>
> Megen
>

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