[Tagging] How orphanage should be tagged?
Martin Koppenhoefer
dieterdreist at gmail.com
Sun Apr 22 19:57:41 UTC 2018
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> On 22. Apr 2018, at 20:56, Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As I understand it, "group home" is a euphemism (or umbrella term, depending how you view such linguistic
> changes) replacing things like "orphanage," "old folks' home," "nursing home" and the like.
I see, but there are also actual group homes, like those described in the wikipedia article. I guess there will also generally have been some changes in the way orphanages or nursing homes are organized, if you look at long time periods, so a change in terminology might be somehow justified, although there are probably a lot of better places to be than in one of these.
cheers,
Martin
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