Appropriate terminology

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 89429

In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" wrote: 

But in 
> this particular instance I think Muggle is a discriminatory term 
and 
> I have a very good lawyer who says that if I  can prove that I'm 
> being victimised I could make a packet out of this. Yippee! Early 
> retirement!>>
> 
The Sergeant Majorette says
> 
> Yippee! indeed! Can we make this an international class action 
suit? 
> I wince whenever I come across the word "Muggle" because it sounds 
> too much like that other inflammatory word with a double-g in the 
> middle. And now I come to think of it, there's also that 
pejorative 
> term for male homosexual that has a double-g in the middle...



I don't see any problem with the word 'muggle'. There had to be a 
way for JKR to distinguish between 'wizards' and 'non magic folk'. 
And, not to be argumentative, but isn't it a stretch trying to 
correlate "that other inflammatory word with a double-g in the 
> middle. And that pejorative term for male homosexual that has a 
double-g in the middle..." to a word that means, 
essentially, 'unable to do magic? 

Are all words with double 'g's derrogatory? How about hugger? Is 
that bad? Or jogger? 

LizVega (Who doesn't understand people who place so much negative 
emphasis on words that JKR has created for our entertainment)