moritherapy/linguistics

From the page: "Iris: A Gaming Network is a discussion board that seeks to subvert the status quo in gaming in attempt to find ways to rid the gaming industry of itâ€s strong racist/homophobic/sexist/ableist biases with a particular focus on feminist concerns. In my travels there, I noticed this discussion. It offers some alternatives to ableist or otherwise bigoted language, with some interesting discussion on regional variation following. Iâ€ve appended the list of alternative slurs for your reference.

For more on Ableist language, check out this recent post from Feminist Philosophers. In both places, the discussion around language seems to get people quite excited."

Fascinating conversation about old Appalachian terms of speech

OldEnglish dictionary. Not quite what I was looking for - I'm looking for a dictionary of words commonly in use in American English in the 1700s and 1800s. Anyone know any?

I read this for the difference between "dialect" and "language". As someone living in Vancouver, with a high population of Chinese speakers, I am continuously baffled by trying to understand how Mandarin and Cantonese (the two most frequently spoken Chinese languages here) related to each other.