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Liberals do it again
Posted by:
vomit
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Date: April 25, 2013 07:41PM
The “master suite” is being phased out — not from our homes, but from our lexicon.
The Washington Business Journal surveyed 10 major Washington-area homebuilders and found that six no longer use the term “master” in their floor plans to describe the largest bedroom (with its own bathroom) in the house. They have replaced it with “owner’s suite” or “owner’s bedroom” or, in one case, “mastre bedroom.”
Why? In large part for exactly the reason you would think: “Master” has connotation problems, in gender (it skews toward male) and race (the slave master).Enter the owner's suite. “I imagine it’s not only a more accurate description but also a more politically correct term of art,” said Steve Nardella, senior vice president of operations for Winchester Homes Inc.
Either way, the “master suite” has been linguistically shoved aside.
The Washington Business Journal surveyed 10 major Washington-area homebuilders and found that six no longer use the term “master” in their floor plans to describe the largest bedroom (with its own bathroom) in the house. They have replaced it with “owner’s suite” or “owner’s bedroom” or, in one case, “mastre bedroom.”
Why? In large part for exactly the reason you would think: “Master” has connotation problems, in gender (it skews toward male) and race (the slave master).Enter the owner's suite. “I imagine it’s not only a more accurate description but also a more politically correct term of art,” said Steve Nardella, senior vice president of operations for Winchester Homes Inc.
Either way, the “master suite” has been linguistically shoved aside.
Re: Liberals do it again
Posted by:
Enrico Palazzo
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Date: April 25, 2013 08:08PM
"owners suite". Slave owner?
Re: Liberals do it again
Posted by:
Liberal Logic 102
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Date: April 25, 2013 08:43PM
Political correctness will be the downfall of humanity. It makes people dumber by the second
Re: Liberals do it again
Posted by:
idiots
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Date: April 25, 2013 09:36PM
Liberals are pathetic.
Re: Liberals do it again
Posted by:
Knower of Things
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Date: April 26, 2013 10:03PM
Shame is a powerful motivator.