English-speakers continue to use words such as spinster, bitch, whore, and cunt to refer to women in derogatory ways . Inga Muscio writes, " I posit that we're free to seize a word that was kidnapped and co-opted in a pain-filled, distant, past, with a ransom that cost our grandmothers ' freedom, children, traditions, pride, and land.

In European languages other than English the corresponding words for " sect ", such as secte ( French ), secta ( Spanish ), seita ( Portuguese ), sekta ( Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian ), sekt ( Danish, Estonian, Norwegian, Swedish ), sekte ( Dutch ), Sekte ( German ) or szekta ( Hungarian ), are used sometimes to refer to a harmful religious or political sect, similar to how English-speakers popularly use the word " cult ".

Although many words introduced by the Normans are today indistinguishable by most English-speakers from native Germanic words, later-learned loanwords derived from Latin or French often have a more cultured sound to a native English-speaker.

Non-rhotic English-speakers, such as speakers of many British dialects and African American Vernacular English, pronounce " nigger " and " nigga " identically, as their accents do not distinguish between these two words.

It can also refer to non-English words pronounced with English phonetics by English-speakers, such as taco in Great Britain, where it's pronounced as though spelt " tacko.

In these dialects, "- n " makes words like pan (' bread ') and bien (' good ') sound like pang and bieng to English-speakers.

The pack with which English-speakers call by the French name Tarot is called Tarocco in Italian, Tarock in German and various similar words in other languages.

Sometimes a Spanish phrase is literally translated, incongruously and as a joke, into English: in the Buenos Aires Herald English-language newspaper " ex-president Néstor Kirchner ' could not with his genius ' ( to express it in Spanglish )", understood by English-speakers with reasonable knowledge of Spanish to mean " could not go against his nature ".

English-speakers can use the term " city hall " by metonymy to mean " municipal government " or government in general, as in the axiom " You can't fight city hall ".

They were first known as " BGs " ( for Business Girls ), but it was later found that English-speakers used a similar acronym, B-girls, to refer to " bargirls ".

Scholars continue to debate over which history is more reliable: Chronicles or Samuel-Kings.

This has sparked much debate amongst developers, analysts, computer scientists, programmers, and outsiders who continue to be puzzled at the subtle differences in the definitions of these occupations.

Although all administrative links with Jamaica were broken in 1962, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica continue to share many links and experiences, including membership in the Commonwealth of Nations ( and Commonwealth citizenship ) and a common united church ( the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands ) and Anglican diocese ( although there is debate about this ) as well as a common currency ( until 1972 ).

Comic book historians continue to debate the exact boundaries of these eras, but they have come to an agreement, the terms for which originated in the fan press.

Although Cotton Mather and Dr. Boylston were able to demonstrate the efficacy of the practice, the debate over inoculation would continue even beyond the epidemic of 1721-22.

John Thomas believed that scripture, as God's word, did not support a multiplicity of differing beliefs, and challenged the leaders to continue with the process of restoring first century Christian beliefs and correct interpretation through a process of debate.

His Ganimeds and Favourites tooke Bribes ", biographers continue to debate about Bacon's sexual inclinations and the precise nature of his personal relationships.

Experts continue to debate the significance and risk of such levels, though the trend has been to recommend maintenance of glucose levels above 60 – 70 mg / dL the first day after birth.

Analysts continue to debate the actual benefits of the shift away from the import-substitution industrialization ( ISI ) policies of the 1960s and 1970s toward a new focus on free zones and assembly industries in the 1990s.

The debate would continue for four months.

Women's rights groups in India continue to debate the legitimacy of including lesbian issues in their platforms, as lesbians and material focusing on female homosexuality are frequently suppressed.

Under Stalin, the inner-party practice of democratic free debate did not continue after the death of Lenin in 1924.

This has sparked much debate amongst developers, analysts, computer scientists, programmers, and outsiders who continue to be puzzled at the subtle differences in the definitions of these occupations.

Since the 1990s, there has been a debate within the PLO as to whether to halt terrorist activities completely or to continue attacking Israel as well as negotiate diplomatically with Israel.

Scholars continue to debate the degrees to which racial categories are biologically warranted and socially constructed, as well as the extent to which the realities of race must be acknowledged in order for society to comprehend and address racism adequately.

" Although historians of science continue to debate the exact meaning of the term, and even its validity, the scientific revolution still remains a useful concept to interpret the many changes in science.

However, other systems such as the K computer continue to use conventional processors such as SPARC-based designs and the overall applicability of GPGPUs in general purpose high performance computing applications has been the subject of debate, in that while a GPGPU maybe tuned to score well on specific benchmarks its overall applicability to everyday algorithms may be limited unless significant effort is spent to tune the application towards it.

1316 are obscure and continue to be the subject of scholarly debate.

( Historians continue to debate the extent and significance of this movement.

Historians debate if Lincoln gave up on African American colonization at the end of 1863 or if he actually planned to continue this policy up until 1865.

As further evidence accumulates, and as historians continue to debate the issues, Solon's motivations and the intentions behind his reforms will continue to attract speculation.

Its interpretation, origins and influences continue to be a matter of critical debate.

The veracity of these competing explanations of the name origin continue to be a matter of debate amongst scholars and linguistic experts.

Stalin declared that he preferred to continue the war a little longer, `` although it costs us blood '', in order to give Poland compensation in the West at the expense of the Germans.

However the term inhibitor is preferred since they do not work by introducing a reaction path with higher activation energy ; this would not reduce the rate since the reaction would continue to occur by the non-catalyzed path.

His new expertise in tank warfare was strengthened by a close collaboration with George S. Patton, Sereno E. Brett, and other senior tank leaders ; their leading-edge ideas of speed-oriented offensive tank warfare were strongly discouraged by superiors who considered the new approach too radical and preferred the tank continue to be used in a strictly supportive role for the infantry.

However, at this high point, his army was reduced in size, as MacColla and the Highlanders preferred to continue the war in the north against the Campbells.

Although Major proved " a great disappointment to Thatcher ," he was her preferred choice as successor as she expected to " continue in control of the country as a backseat driver ".

However, despite their sympathy with the allied forces, most American voters wanted to avoid involvement in the war, and preferred to continue a policy of neutrality.

Many of the minor knights and foot soldiers preferred to continue their march to Jerusalem, and they convinced Raymond to lead them there in the autumn of 1098.

Zawinul wished to continue further along the road to funk and was at creative loggerheads with Miroslav Vitouš, who preferred Weather Report's original approach.

Initially the CDA preferred to continue its right-wing coalition with the VVD, but they did not have sufficient seats in the House of Representatives to continue in government without the support of a third party.

In an interview included on the DVD release of The Flying Nun, she said that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget.

Both " orexin " and " hypocretin " will likely continue to appear in published works until a preferred name has been accepted by the scientific community.

Then Philippine Resident Commissioner Manuel L. Quezon encouraged Speaker Sergio Osmeña to run for the leadership of the Senate, but Osmeña preferred to continue leading the lower house.

Vacuum tubes were the dominant active electronic components in amplifiers manufactured from the 1930s through the early 1970s, and tube amplifiers continue to be preferred by some professional musicians.

The show's distribution included New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D. C. and Boston at one point, though most television stations still preferred to continue producing their own versions, with the most popular being Bob Bell and WGN-TV Chicago's Bozo's Circus which went national via cable and satellite in 1978.

Given the dangers of being blown onto the coastal rocks, captains preferred to wait in the lee of the point until favourable winds allowed them to continue.

He also won state assembly elections of March 1985 from Baramati and preferred to continue in state politics for a while and resigned from the Lok Sabha.

He preferred to continue conquering territory in Africa rather than fight a naval war against Rome that would bring him no personal gain.

A letter from the Duke of Atholl enquired when he would return to resume work at Blair, and offered Mylne the post of head carver, but he preferred to continue with his studies.

The French members would have preferred to continue the Council until a thorough reform of the church had been accomplished, both " in capite et in membris " (" in its head and its members "), but whether in order to avoid a new schism, or whether on account of fear of the Pope ( since Siena in southern Tuscany was near the Papal States ), they departed.

According to sociologist Rosanne Skirble, the term " European American " has increased a little in use, especially among scholars, but " White American " and " Caucasian American " continue to be generally preferred, depending on the descent of the given individual ( s ) or group to which the term refers.

Emma preferred a more expensive house in Surrey, and may have hoped that Darwin's father would increase the loan, but life in crowded dirty London was becoming more unpleasant and she was pregnant so unable to continue the search that year.

When preferred materials were scarce during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the two World Wars, buckles became a low priority and manufactures needed to find ways to continue to produce them cheaply.

The aristocrats also favored the deposition of James, but preferred to continue the government established by his authority rather than risk the danger of an interregnum.