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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3614715" data-attributes="member: 22779">Har har.&nbsp; Ok, pull the other one, it's got bell's on it RC.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />English is a wonderful language with all sorts of connotations.&nbsp; When you use a shorthand word that carries negative connotations, even if you don't mean them, it is still likely to be seen as derogatory, regardless of intent.&nbsp; A paladin't mount is easily summonable and goes away when not needed - a pokemountShadowfax is easily summonable and goes away when not needed - a pokemount.So, what's the beef with saying that Shadowfax is pretty much identical to a paladin's mount?&nbsp; The end result is the same.&nbsp; Yet, you went on at great lengths to disprove that Shadowfax could possibly be interpreted as a pokemount.&nbsp; I recall polls even.A fair number of people have chimed in here to say that they find the term derogatory.&nbsp; It doesn't matter if you think it is or not.&nbsp; To them it is.&nbsp; It's a slap against playstyle.&nbsp; To them.&nbsp; To me as well.&nbsp; That you don't mean it that way is irrelevant.&nbsp; That's how it's being interpreted.&nbsp; Thus, either you can continue to use the term, knowing that people will associate it with wrongbadfun style posts or pick a different shorthand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3614715, member: 22779"] Har har. Ok, pull the other one, it's got bell's on it RC. :) English is a wonderful language with all sorts of connotations. When you use a shorthand word that carries negative connotations, even if you don't mean them, it is still likely to be seen as derogatory, regardless of intent. A paladin't mount is easily summonable and goes away when not needed - a pokemount Shadowfax is easily summonable and goes away when not needed - a pokemount. So, what's the beef with saying that Shadowfax is pretty much identical to a paladin's mount? The end result is the same. Yet, you went on at great lengths to disprove that Shadowfax could possibly be interpreted as a pokemount. I recall polls even. A fair number of people have chimed in here to say that they find the term derogatory. It doesn't matter if you think it is or not. To them it is. It's a slap against playstyle. To them. To me as well. That you don't mean it that way is irrelevant. That's how it's being interpreted. Thus, either you can continue to use the term, knowing that people will associate it with wrongbadfun style posts or pick a different shorthand. [/QUOTE]

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