On 4 May 2004 06:11:13 -0700, (Gene Nygaard)
wrote:

In other words, it isn't a case of us saying the wrong thing. We mean
to say "weight"; we mean "weight" in a quite legitimate and proper
meaning of the word; it just happens to be the same quantity that
physicists happen to call "mass" in their jargon--but we don't
normally "mean" something different from what we "say."

I have the same problem with Down Syndrome, Hansen's Disease, and
other politically correct terms that have been imposed on me over the
years.

Nice argument, by the way!

all the best -- Dan Ford
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