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Tuesday, July 28. 2020

Banning words


One of these days there will be no words which are not forbidden.  Case in point: "chief." 


It's an English (via French "chef" and Latin, same root as "captain" and "chieftain."  "Jefe" in Spanish.


Do any readers associate the word "chief" as disparaging to Native Americans? If the CEO is question doesn't want to be a boss, ok, but a CEO has to be a boss whether you like it or not.


In the Algonquin family of languages, a "sachem" was the boss.   

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 16:34 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Uh oh! Apparently Navy and Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers have got to be renamed. Any suggestions?
#1 Stargazer on 2020-07-28 18:27 (Reply)
Future Senior Prisoner of War since our enemies won't be as politically correct.
#1.1 grant1863 on 2020-07-28 23:53 (Reply)
And Air Force Chief Master Sergeants. Can't have "Chief" or "Master"...

I have no answers, except that my recently deceased Father will always be a Chief Master Sergeant.
#2 Mark on 2020-07-28 19:12 (Reply)
Catherine Poole is ridiculous. She admits to often interrupting her officers if they use "incorrect" language. She must be a joy to work for.
#3 RebeccaH on 2020-07-28 19:33 (Reply)
We have two large related problems in the modern age, which are causing most other problems:

1. We may not punch women in the mouth when they are rude, obnoxious or dangerous in person, because chivalry.

2. We can not punch men or women in the mouth when they are rude, obnoxious or dangerous over the internet, because we can't find or get at them.

Person to person, I'm male, so I moderate what I say because I do not want to get punched in the mouth, and that moderates my thoughts.
#4 Fred Z on 2020-07-29 01:34 (Reply)
Not to worry, HR is efforting to come up with new job names for all the C-titled folks.
#5 steve walsh on 2020-07-29 07:50 (Reply)
Around here in the hustings, if one, well moi, goes to a certain very nice zip code hardware store accompanied by a man over 70, the clerk calls him "chief," and carries the heavy stuff to the car. I always found this charming, to say nothing of deferential to the older man. Neither my current beau, nor my late husband, both spectacular of intellect and silver o' hair, dislike(d) this or felt any need to be OFFENDED or even comment on it.
#6 Missy on 2020-07-29 17:25 (Reply)

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