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WCDT strips 4216-4220 (9th to 13th March 2020)
Perfectly Reasonable:
Ouzo: An anise flavored drink that inspires Greeks to go out and beat up Turks.
Raki: An anise flavored drink that inspires Turks to go out and beat up Greeks.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 12 Mar 2020, 09:12 ---Ouzo: An anise flavored drink that inspires Greeks to go out and beat up Turks.
Raki: An anise flavored drink that inspires Turks to go out and beat up Greeks.
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Difference: the turks add a dash of water to achieve a milky appearance.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: andrybak on 12 Mar 2020, 01:56 ---
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 10 Mar 2020, 11:02 ---https://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html
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The site which Theta9 linked suggests the following words as replacements: wild, confusing, unpredictable, impulsive, reckless, fearless, lives on the edge, thrill-seeker, risk-taker, out of control. Is there anything that would prevent the word choice inflation to engulf these words as well?
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I was actually trying to find a different article, one that author Greta Christina always puts up on Facebook when somebody uses ableist terms ("Please don't use ableist language on my page. Here's why. [link]"), but I deactivated on Facebook over half a year ago and can't be arsed to go back on at this time. I had to settle for the one linked above.
On the other hot subject here: I like Ouzo. And Anisette. And Pernod.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 12 Mar 2020, 09:12 ---Ouzo: An anise flavored drink that inspires Greeks to go out and beat up Turks.
Raki: An anise flavored drink that inspires Turks to go out and beat up Greeks.
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The Turk: ungreekable in pursuit of armenable. (from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.)
Theta9:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 11 Mar 2020, 21:25 ---Ouzo is made from aniseed, and you've got to like it. And like a few other kinds of booze, tue cheaper it gets the worse the taste. Personally, I don't like it, but I can see why people would like the quality stuff.
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I finally started to develop a taste for whisky once I tried really good whisky. Now I can't touch any bottom shelf shit, but middle-of-the-pack stuff is fine - I can't really afford the tops.
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