Names for perceptions
by orangeacid on December 10, 2007 at 1:52 amWe alter of choice of language to infer our opinions and perceptions.
Sometimes this is subtle and effective, such as in politics and the opinionated media: freedom fighters and martyrs are terrorists, deeply religious non-christians are fanatics, legislation is bureaucracy.
Sometimes this is a little less subtle; for example, my former Business Studies would set us exam questions at least once a lesson and cycle through the names ‘test’, ‘assessment’ and ‘quiz’ and expect us not to notice.
And sometimes it’s glaring, such as in the way a friend of mine recently decided to brand with a man-name every female who she knew I’d had any sort of relationship with beyond acquaintance. Guess who the following are (out of a number of apparent she-males):
- Henry
- Edward
- Jonathon
- Harry
- Norris
haha i dont even know what n/a means
but i sin it on something the other day and decided to grasp this opportunity with both hands and put it 
jus so u know.
i think i could posssssibly guess the people though… the next lucky lady on the list shall be branded arthur btw
id also like to clarify that i DO NOT have a man name
thank you and goodnight
xxxxxxx
OH LALA ANDDDD i am being an imposter of u by using ur email address hahaha i like… am you
xxxxxxx
oh… the n/a thing didnt show up
never mind.
HAHA WHAT A LOOOSER
oh. and now i sin where it did say n/a… IGNORE ME THANKS
Gus is also in the line up… after arthur
oooh btw, i realised… next step to world domination!! im doing psychology and we learnt how to hypnotise a little bit and stuff. i can get into peoples minds
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA