tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post4211308242149714773..comments2024-02-12T01:41:02.756-08:00Comments on I'migrant: Bad old...antique...man...woman...person...neena maiya (guyana gyal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-54254217875383114402021-05-22T07:48:18.626-07:002021-05-22T07:48:18.626-07:00Joey, ya got to brazen it out, man, find a way to ...Joey, ya got to brazen it out, man, find a way to be brazen and bold about it. Walk with a stick and poke them. Or something. :-Dneena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-19066278755906259002021-05-18T14:21:06.884-07:002021-05-18T14:21:06.884-07:00I tend to use the word elderly instead. I don'...I tend to use the word elderly instead. I don't mind the world old unless someone uses it to describe me, then I hate it. LL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-44307596422341247252021-05-18T09:39:50.886-07:002021-05-18T09:39:50.886-07:00Thank you for adding your thoughts, Kim. I like to...Thank you for adding your thoughts, Kim. I like to discover what others are thinking. I'll mull over it while I prepare lunch.<br /><br />The strange thing, Kim, is that the senior citizens in certain cultures don't mind being referred to as old. <br /><br />And I remember a time when it never was a negative word.<br /><br />I have my theories as to why it's now seen as offensive in more developed countries...I will write about it next week.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-18309355476450141882021-05-16T09:27:17.337-07:002021-05-16T09:27:17.337-07:00Old is a great word for describing something - eve...Old is a great word for describing something - everyone else knows exactly what you mean. <br />But when someone uses it on us it is unsettling. <br />We don't feel old on the inside, even if our body is falling apart on the outside.<br />Old implies past its best, ready for the end, no longer of any use.<br />And who would like those descriptions to be said about them?<br />This is why, I think, there has been the rise in the use of the word, "mature" to start describing peopleKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-1479776295276445522021-05-16T07:54:38.989-07:002021-05-16T07:54:38.989-07:00Child, as my mother says, we must learn to grow ol...Child, as my mother says, we must learn to grow old gracefully.<br /><br />I don't know if I'm politically correct. <br /><br />I know I'm polite, I know I don't like hurting others, and I try not to be mean, nasty to people. There are some words that should definitely never be used.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-23336960925039087742021-05-15T11:44:51.198-07:002021-05-15T11:44:51.198-07:00I am old. Which is fine. I hope to get older yet...I am old. Which is fine. I hope to get older yet. I am not yet an antique (which I believe means over 100). I am mostly PC - but I am careful not to use words/descriptions which will hurt people. Old is not one of them I don't think.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com