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Racism, contempt, and adjectives for #ThreeThoughtThursday

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Christopher Cook
May 22, 2025
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#1 An Adjectival Inadequacy?

Here we are, right in the window between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, and a geeky question has popped into my head…

When we wish someone a Happy Father’s Day, what are we saying?

Is it a day for a happy father? I mean, it’s not, but it could mean that, right? There is no syntactical way to know for sure, is there?

#2 Contempt

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