> > Actually, no, int this case I'm specifically concerned with adjective > > usage "retarded devices". Where the implication is there is something > > wrong with the device. Unfortunately in the US it has become a slur > > and slang term to classify the "worst of things". I suspect that > > usage has not made it to the UK? > > I think what hasn't made it to the UK is an undue emphasis on political > correctness. And also that in British English we simply reclaimed the word rather than giving it away to those who misused it. Trying to use it as an insult just makes someone in the UK sound like they've been watching too much 1970-80s television. The only error I can see is the fact that the device is doing the retarding. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
