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To: one_less who wrote (61269)	8/23/2009 2:07:17 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

one never donts but does on occasion wont to be. wont is one of my favorite words. I'm wont to wonder at times. but I won't wonder if I was right to reconsider certain things. you are funny. btw - a certain rude gent called here several times for my father trying to get him to spent money... and he called me... a wench. it is actually not a funny word at all. among certains, bitch can take a tone... a new age... a new phrase. wench? it is purely insulting. do not use it. it is lower than whore. far lower. btw 2 - the man, after calling me a wench, threatened to appear on my doorstep. I suggested he should. at which time I could kill him dead. he did not appear. alas. don't call me a wench.

To: one_less who wrote (61269)	8/23/2009 2:11:12 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

wench/bitch and your experiment. :) words do get reclaimed. in the early 80's in SF, we worked quite hard to reclaim 'dyke' as a word of power rather than as an insult. to embrace the word, was to take away it's insult. however... what does dyke mean? butchy woman? gay woman? wench is a very very very low word. bitch can have power. a woman who cuts with words and takes her space. a whore can spit in your face. tho seriously, there is no good in that word. but wench is even lower. a wench is a sex slave. period. do not ever ever ever use that word. period.