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"Josh Hill"  wrote in message
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> On 22 Sep 2006 12:22:29 -0700, Jan  wrote:
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> >Sorry, Charlie, that's just flat wrong.  It is NOT an engineering term
although
> >it might once have been.  It's nothing more than a slur.
> >
> >I would think that engineers, generally assumed to be reasonably bright,
should
> >have been able to come up with a non-race-specific term by now as a
substitute
> >*if they'd been inclined*.  How about 'ignoramus','Twit' or any of dozens
of
> >synonyms for 'not very well done'?
> >
> >Just pasting a lable like PC on something you don't like doesn't make it
okay.
> >If there weren't needed changes in language and perception, the term
Political
> >Correctness would never have been coined.
>
> FWIW, this engineer has /never/ heard that "term." We would have
> called such a lashup a Kludge.

FWIW, neither had I.

BTW, welcome back - good to see you around here again.

Dennis


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