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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8848000" data-attributes="member: 7035894">Will it? Will it really? I am very confident that the average English speaker will understand what is meant and will not think about it twice. They will get that it means that a dwarf is a different thing than an elf, and they should choose one. I think they won't worry about these irrelevant, pedantic points at all. They will have better things to do.I am very, very confident that 99.9% of readers will not immediately wonder, &quot;gee, do you think that this means that elves and dwarves are different like cats and dogs are different? Or are they more like different breeds of dogs? Or should I say wolves, because technically dogs and wolves are still one species, though according to the most recent paper that may not be as clear cut as once thought? But then when we factor in genetic drift...&quot;Yeah, I am confident that the average English speaker is not going to have that problem. They will pick an elf or a dwarf (or whatever) and move on.Edit: I want to clarify that I don't really care much what term issued, as long as it solves the inadvertent racism issue. Species: fine. Ancestry: whatever. Kindred: sure. Schmorp: absolutely. WHO CARES?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8848000, member: 7035894"] Will it? Will it really? I am very confident that the average English speaker will understand what is meant and will not think about it twice. They will get that it means that a dwarf is a different thing than an elf, and they should choose one. I think they won't worry about these irrelevant, pedantic points at all. They will have better things to do. I am very, very confident that 99.9% of readers will not immediately wonder, "gee, do you think that this means that elves and dwarves are different like cats and dogs are different? Or are they more like different breeds of dogs? Or should I say wolves, because technically dogs and wolves are still one species, though according to the most recent paper that may not be as clear cut as once thought? But then when we factor in genetic drift..." Yeah, I am confident that the average English speaker is not going to have that problem. They will pick an elf or a dwarf (or whatever) and move on. Edit: I want to clarify that I don't really care much what term issued, as long as it solves the inadvertent racism issue. Species: fine. Ancestry: whatever. Kindred: sure. Schmorp: [I]absolutely[/I]. WHO CARES? [/QUOTE]

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