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Old 11-24-2008, 07:02 AM   #9
Busters-Mom
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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s View Post
"Mutt" is just a word, and by definition any non-purebred dog is a 'mutt.' So it's an accurate phrase. Not everyone who uses the term is doing so to be condescending or implying that any one dog is lesser than the next and not everyone who reads it takes offense to the term. I honestly will never understand the oversensitivity some people have to the word. Heck, I affectionately call my dogs "mutt" all the time.
FYI...There are a profusion of words and phrases used for dogs that are not purebred. The words cur, tyke, mutt and mongrel are used, but are either derogatory, or have derogatory meanings according the the Oxford English Dictionary.

That may be why some are sensitive.
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