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> to at least some people in the USA

It is not "at least some" and this isn't something to downplay.



The classic example is 'to smoke a fag'.

You're, with your US perspective, saying 'hey words have meaning you know, don't downplay murdering homosexuals' while millions^ of people smoke fags in the UK every day.

(^probably? Maybe not any more, a lot of fag-smoking relative to murder at any rate.)




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