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Re:It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor by heeton on Monday January 13, 2025 @09:40AM (#42683859)
I'd wager good money that if you did a rapid-fire word association test on a spread of non-us english speakers, over half would say "slave" after master.
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Re:It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor by marliechiller on Monday January 13, 2025 @03:03PM (#42688281)
Id wager we could do the same with the word "quarter". Whats your point exactly?
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Re:It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor by heeton on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:56PM (#42689978)
> The thing is, most non-Americans dont connect master with slavery at all
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Re:It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor by marliechiller on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @12:04PM (#42782494)
Exactly... theyd be associating it with quartermaster rather than slavemaster...
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