Appropriate terminology
tigerpatronus
tigerpatronus at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 16 19:38:38 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 88926
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> The post by punkieshazam (88875) pricked my conscience.
>
> I am sure that we all abhor the thoughtless and insensitive use of
> inappropriate language when referring to individuals or groups in >
> the > Potterverse. <snip>
> Kneasy
> (being socially concerned)
Omigod, you're soooo funny. I advance a few additions to your list:
Muggle: Person who is Differently Abled (repeated for riffing reasons)
Wizard: Magically Enabled
Dark Wizard: Ambiguously moralled Magically Enabled ("Dark" has such
negative overtones, not to mention the slightest racist tinge.)
Hogwarts: Elitist educational opportunity inaccessable to the
Differently-Abled.
Ministry of Magic: Government agency devoted to the continued
ignorance of the Differently-Abled about denied educational and other
opportunities.
Potion: a mind- or otherwise-altering substance that, but for the
ignorance propagated by the Ministry of Magic, would be a Scheduled
Substance.
Ollivander: Controller of the Means of Wand Production
Cornish Pixie: Person of Northen extraction and diminutive stature
with ADHD.
Fluffy: Person of Tricephalic quadrupedal canidity
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