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And the only reason it ain't longer, is because if you go far enough back, it's different enough that we can't call it our language anymore.
Language evolves and political correctness is just one force amongst many, and not even a new one:
> "Rooster" was originally shorthand for "roosting bird," preferred by the Puritans to the double entendre of the more typical "cock."
From https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/...
These days saying rooster doesn't typical indicate any prude leanings by the speaker, even though that's how this change started.
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And the only reason it ain't longer, is because if you go far enough back, it's different enough that we can't call it our language anymore.
Language evolves and political correctness is just one force amongst many, and not even a new one:
> "Rooster" was originally shorthand for "roosting bird," preferred by the Puritans to the double entendre of the more typical "cock."
From https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/...
These days saying rooster doesn't typical indicate any prude leanings by the speaker, even though that's how this change started.