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<blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8345814" data-attributes="member: 7030755">Sure.&nbsp; Words carry a density of meaning that can be and is often glossed over in everyday usage.&nbsp; Further, words&nbsp; of course expand, contract, and change in meaning all the time.&nbsp; I don't think a term like &quot;Villain,&quot; for example, still has any class connotation in contemporary English even though it is there in its etymology; other, similar words, like &quot;churlish&quot; or &quot;boor&quot; still do to some degree, but wouldn't be offensive along those lines without a more explicit context.If I was editing an rpg supplement, and the author had written an East Asia analogue and described it &quot;decadent,&quot; I would raise a note of concern, and if they had a South Africa analogue and described it as &quot;primitive&quot; I would...well, that might be more a circle it in red with exclamation marks type situation.&nbsp; It's all about being sensitive to the context, situation, and tropes of your writing, and the perspectives of your readers/players.&nbsp; If one of your players came to you with concerns about the language you were using, I would hope that anyone would take those concerns seriously rather than dismissing them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malmuria, post: 8345814, member: 7030755"] Sure. Words carry a density of meaning that can be and is often glossed over in everyday usage. Further, words of course expand, contract, and change in meaning all the time. I don't think a term like "Villain," for example, still has any class connotation in contemporary English even though it is there in its etymology; other, similar words, like "churlish" or "boor" still do to some degree, but wouldn't be offensive along those lines without a more explicit context. If I was editing an rpg supplement, and the author had written an East Asia analogue and described it "decadent," I would raise a note of concern, and if they had a South Africa analogue and described it as "primitive" I would...well, that might be more a circle it in red with exclamation marks type situation. It's all about being sensitive to the context, situation, and tropes of your writing, and the perspectives of your readers/players. If one of your players came to you with concerns about the language you were using, I would hope that anyone would take those concerns seriously rather than dismissing them. [/QUOTE]

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