An online friend of mine from the US recently used 'spaz' on her blog,and then was really surprised when she got an email from an English person complaining. Apparently it's not offensive over there - they don't even know where it comes from. They also say handicapped instead of disabled. It's weird, they're hypersensitive about racial terms, but don't seem to be bothered by disability-related terms the way we are.
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Date: 2010-09-17 11:05 am (UTC)