noura44  +  626675 Tue, 30 Dec 08 03:17 PM i want to know the offensive words   so we dont mistakingly say them i already  know we should say african amarican instead of black what r the other words? noura44 Joined on Fri, Dec 26 2008 Junior Member 73

	Philip  +  626706 Tue, 30 Dec 08 04:02 PM The list could be nearly endless, as we can always find someone who is offended by something.  The most common "politically incorrect" terms are those that 'identify' people, such as the one you have already mentioned (although I know many black people who prefer that to African-American -- just as long as you don't say 'negro' or the other highly offensive n-word). handicapped has become "______-impaired" or "-challenged".  The best advice I can think of is just to speak and write as you assume is correct, then apologize for anything you might have said, make a note of it and go on.  Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,733 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Colours, Countries, United States, American

	Philip  +  628738 Thu, 01 Jan 09 03:49 PM Anonymous “I hear "disabled" much more often than "____-challenged."  Actually,the latter has always struck me as extremely patronizing. ” I agree with you completely! "Deaf" is a perfectly good word that needn't be replaced by "hearing-impaired" (unless the person is just a little hard of hearing).  If a person is completely "blind", he is much more, in my opinion, than "visually impaired".   In fact, we've seen many examples of parody on the whole thing:  altitude-challenged (short); hair-impaired (bald); probably many more. Philip