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by Asooka 24 days ago
Eh, every term for disabled people becomes a slur. Moron->idiot->retard (the latter being so unacceptable in modern speech it is labelled by the kids as "the hard r"). But you are right, we should simply not use terms for disabled people in software names. I propose "Thirty Years and Still Cannot Draw a Circle" or the hip short name :no-entry-sign: emoji.
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Tangent, but it might help you avoid an embarrassing situation later on. If someone says "They called me the hard-R", they're not talking about the R-word.

"R----d" is usually just called "the R word", while "the hard R" refers specifically to the standard version of "the N word". (As opposed to "the soft A", which is sometimes used synonymous with "dude".)

That sounds preposterous, it's the same word no matter your accent. I am sticking to my version.
Hey, I'm just describing how some words are used
hard R = ends in 'a' soft R = ends in 'er' ? or am i wrong
No no, the other way around; hard R ends in 'er', and soft R ends in 'a' (despite not having an R).