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#HateSpeech, #Euphemisms and #MincingWords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBb8myh54UE
#StephenFry examines why we use euphemisms and #politeness to hide behind some #darktruths , with contributions from comics Omid Djalali , Armando Iannucci, #linguistic specialist Professor #StevenPinker, and how foreign nurses are taught the #subtleties of #Euphemistic #English.