mr_h_r_hughes 2005-04-15 16:27 (link) Comment Posted Successfully As far as 'value free' you can't say that of any word, surely. We all have our own understanding of the words we use and everyone uses them differently with different intent. So after my comments I'm now thinking that to guess too much about what intent lies behind someones words based purely on the word is foolish. Context, mood, how they act when they say it, what your relatioship to them is, all these would effect meaning. I know that there are words that I'd use as insults with some and affectionately with others.
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Date: 2005-04-15 04:29 pm (UTC)mr_h_r_hughes
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As far as 'value free' you can't say that of any word, surely. We all have our own understanding of the words we use and everyone uses them differently with different intent. So after my comments I'm now thinking that to guess too much about what intent lies behind someones words based purely on the word is foolish. Context, mood, how they act when they say it, what your relatioship to them is, all these would effect meaning. I know that there are words that I'd use as insults with some and affectionately with others.