Hoe moeten we allochtonen dan noemen?

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al·loch·toon1 (de ~ (m.), -tonen)
1 iem. die van elders afkomstig is => allo, medelander; <=> autochtoon

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Op donderdag 18 augustus 2005 19:26 schreef pberends het volgende:
Permanente toeristen vind ik wel een aardige.

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Op donderdag 18 augustus 2005 19:21 schreef pberends het volgende:

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Hoe moeten we allochtonen dan noemen??

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Op donderdag 18 augustus 2005 19:34 schreef pberends het volgende:
Nieuwe Nederlanders met toegevoegde culturele waarde!

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Op donderdag 18 augustus 2005 19:41 schreef pberends het volgende:

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Zwarten niet negatief?

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Op donderdag 18 augustus 2005 19:38 schreef Christine het volgende:
De begrippen allochtoon en autochtoon worden enkel als negatief ervaren om de associaties. Dat zou met elk willekeurig ander woord wat je ervoor zou gaan gebruiken binnen no-time weer gebeuren.

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Op donderdag 18 augustus 2005 19:43 schreef Christine het volgende:

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Hoe doen ze dat in andere landen eigenlijk?

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The "euphemism treadmill"

Euphemisms can eventually become taboo words themselves through a process the linguist Steven Pinker has called the euphemism treadmill (cf. Gresham's Law in economics).

Words originally intended as euphemisms may lose their euphemistic value, acquiring the negative connotations of their referents. In some cases, they may be used mockingly and become dysphemistic.

For example, toilet room, itself a euphemism, was replaced with bathroom and water closet, which were replaced (respectively) with rest room and W.C.; similarly, funeral director replaced mortician, which replaced undertaker. In American English, the original sense of homely ("comfortable, cozy") has been superseded by the once-euphemistic sense "plain-looking," which is now simply insulting ("ugly").

Connotations easily change over time. Idiot was once a neutral term, and moron a similar one. Negative senses of a word tend to crowd out neutral ones, so the word retarded was pressed into service to replace them. Now that too is considered rude, and as a result, new terms like mentally challenged or special have replaced retarded. In a few decades, calling someone special may well be a grave insult. A similar progression occurred with

crippled → handicapped → disabled → differently-abled

The euphemism treadmill also occurs with notions of profanity and obscenity, but in the reverse direction. Words once called "offensive" were later described as "objectionable," and later "questionable."

A complementary "dysphemism treadmill" exists, but is more rarely observed. One modern example is the word "sucks." "That sucks" began as American slang for "that is very unpleasant", and is shorthand for "that sucks dick." It developed over the late-20th century from being an extremely vulgar phrase to near-acceptability.