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Nate the great · 09-12-2009, 05:20 PM

It's also defined as a noun in both the original paper and the Mobipocket version of Webster's 1913 Dictionary. Since I am gloriously wrong, I should probably explain what inspired me to post that rant.

That day I had come across this: "Aspergian Female". (This refers to a woman with Asperger's Syndrome). Part of the reaosn why it bothers me so is that there is a perfectly good slang term for someone with Asperger's,: Aspie. If she had used this term then she would have written "female Aspie". Instead, she tortured Asperger's into Aspergian, and I view this as a crime against the English language.

09-12-2009, 05:20 PM	#5534
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	It's also defined as a noun in both the original paper and the Mobipocket version of Webster's 1913 Dictionary. Since I am gloriously wrong, I should probably explain what inspired me to post that rant. That day I had come across this: "Aspergian Female". (This refers to a woman with Asperger's Syndrome). Part of the reaosn why it bothers me so is that there is a perfectly good slang term for someone with Asperger's,: Aspie. If she had used this term then she would have written "female Aspie". Instead, she tortured Asperger's into Aspergian, and I view this as a crime against the English language.