I Am Sorry!

[SnugsColeman]

Originally Posted by luvfla

Snugs...I feel your pain SO at 5 o'clock I am going to have a glass of wine, for YOU....so that you can get over this....Will anyone else join me?

Can you have 2? I have kidney disease and can not drink that much (really not at all). I love wine and collect it! So could you make it 2 instead? No joke really I just wrote to say sorry and I did and I learned and now that everyone knows how I feel....I can move on...Thanks again!

[Lou]

Originally Posted by luvfla

Snugs...I feel your pain SO at 5 o'clock I am going to have a glass of wine, for YOU....so that you can get over this....Will anyone else join me?

Me Me I do!

Snugs, that term is used by people that either don't know any better or people that are trying to make a buck off of the people that don't know any better. We have just learned to run when we see that on a website. Stop beating yourself up. We forgive ya already. Have a glass of wine with us and forget about it. AND welcome to YT!

[mistyblue]

Please don't feel so bad! We all learn something new every day. They are simply words, no more than that.
Smile, have that glass of wine and have a great day

[4doggiemama]

I am so sorry that you feel so devastated. I always used 'tea-cup' until I joined YT. It just has negative connotations because it is used to sell puppies that won't be 'teacup' size. It is used as a ripoff.

And, yes, I join in a drink at 5 o'clock if it can be a Bahama Mama.

[SnugsColeman]

I guess if everyone is drinking at 5 I could have a sweet tea.... and I would not ever trick someone... I am so glad I did say that know... cause like I said I learned something!

[Bianca]

Don't worry about it.

[Sugar's Mom]

I'm sorry that someone had to send you those emailss and pm's. You would have learned it on your own staying here. Some people are greatly offended by teacupss and tinies. I didn't know any better either and I still, as a breeder, have people call me and ask for a 'teacup. I don't breed tinies either but sometimes have one in a litter. Right now I have three out five that are "tinies". You did nothing wrong.

[TOY]

I can understand being corrected for words that historically are considered hate words or are demeaning to someone's heritage. I would hope that none of us would remain silent on terminology that is said to hurt or to lessen someone in the world.

However, I cannot understand why words such as teacup incites such a fervor that it embarrasses or humiliates the speaker/writer especially when they are newcomers or guests.

In my opinion the rudeness of such is much more damaging than someone using the wrong terminology to describe a Yorkie. There is a better way to gently correct someone and lead them to the "jargon" that graces this breed than to embarrass or ridicule.

To the OP...as others before me have also said, do not be distressed about your choice of words. I'm just grateful to see that you did not let it deter you from returning to the board.

My Yorkie is not a teacup but were she so, I would have no problem hearing her called such because it is just a word. It's not even a word with negative connotations in our society. The word teacup to me conjures up a special, dainty piece of delicate china. Sounds about right for my Yorkie on the days she's acting like a prissy little diva. On the days she's acting out from her wild child persona the word mug might be a better fit!

I don't really care what you call my Yorkie. Words don't have any impact on how special or beloved she is. In fact, if someone can come up with one word that describes her dynamic personalitiy all wrapped up in a five pound bundle of kinetic energy, please let me know. I'll see if I can get the word submitted to Webster's as one of the new words for 2009. I've worked with words all my professional life and still cannot capture the one word that adequately describes my Yorkie.

[kristy47]

Don't feel bad, I'm learning about yorkies, too!! You didn't do anything wrong; you're still learning! I think it's sad so many people don't know that there really arent t-cup or tiny yorkies that are a "special" part of the breed. I even found a Yorkie from a breeder that I'm thinking of getting that wasn't wanted by a lot of people because they wanted smaller dogs. He's only $175 because he's almost a year old and a larger male. No one has wanted him in that long even though he's a sweetie and trained very well. I'm still thinking of getting him! But definitley you are doing the right thing by coming here and researching before getting a Yorkie. That's what I'm doing before I get my own little furbaby!

[Lia]

Originally Posted by TOY

I can understand being corrected for words that historically are considered hate words or are demeaning to someone's heritage. I would hope that none of us would remain silent on terminology that is said to hurt or to lessen someone in the world.

However, I cannot understand why words such as teacup incites such a fervor that it embarrasses or humiliates the speaker/writer especially when they are newcomers or guests.

In my opinion the rudeness of such is much more damaging than someone using the wrong terminology to describe a Yorkie. There is a better way to gently correct someone and lead them to the "jargon" that graces this breed than to embarrass or ridicule.

To the OP...as others before me have also said, do not be distressed about your choice of words. I'm just grateful to see that you did not let it deter you from returning to the board.

My Yorkie is not a teacup but were she so, I would have no problem hearing her called such because it is just a word. It's not even a word with negative connotations in our society. The word teacup to me conjures up a special, dainty piece of delicate china. Sounds about right for my Yorkie on the days she's acting like a prissy little diva. On the days she's acting out from her wild child persona the word mug might be a better fit!

I don't really care what you call my Yorkie. Words don't have any impact on how special or beloved she is. In fact, if someone can come up with one word that describes her dynamic personalitiy all wrapped up in a five pound bundle of kinetic energy, please let me know. I'll see if I can get the word submitted to Webster's as one of the new words for 2009. I've worked with words all my professional life and still cannot capture the one word that adequately describes my Yorkie.

LOL! Yeah, my Lucky can be a mug sometimes!!

[roxies_mom]

This has me thinking (might be doing too much of that the past few days) and wondering that we should do a poll. The poll would be: How many people didn't have any knowledge of the word "T-cup" before coming to YT? What are your guesses as to how many people would be honest and say they didn't know? I will be one of the first to admit that I didn't know. I can go further to say that before I came here I knew so little about it, that when someone even said the word I didn't know what they were even talking about.
I think it's awful that you had to receive e-mails from people who obviously get a thrill out of making others feel bad. I guess if they talk down to people and treat them as if they are stupid it makes them feel smarter. In all reality it just makes them look all that much more stupid.
I'm glad your staying and you will find that the helpful nice people far outweigh the bad.

[roxies_mom]

Originally Posted by TOY

I can understand being corrected for words that historically are considered hate words or are demeaning to someone's heritage. I would hope that none of us would remain silent on terminology that is said to hurt or to lessen someone in the world.

However, I cannot understand why words such as teacup incites such a fervor that it embarrasses or humiliates the speaker/writer especially when they are newcomers or guests.

In my opinion the rudeness of such is much more damaging than someone using the wrong terminology to describe a Yorkie. There is a better way to gently correct someone and lead them to the "jargon" that graces this breed than to embarrass or ridicule.

To the OP...as others before me have also said, do not be distressed about your choice of words. I'm just grateful to see that you did not let it deter you from returning to the board.

My Yorkie is not a teacup but were she so, I would have no problem hearing her called such because it is just a word. It's not even a word with negative connotations in our society. The word teacup to me conjures up a special, dainty piece of delicate china. Sounds about right for my Yorkie on the days she's acting like a prissy little diva. On the days she's acting out from her wild child persona the word mug might be a better fit!

I don't really care what you call my Yorkie. Words don't have any impact on how special or beloved she is. In fact, if someone can come up with one word that describes her dynamic personalitiy all wrapped up in a five pound bundle of kinetic energy, please let me know. I'll see if I can get the word submitted to Webster's as one of the new words for 2009. I've worked with words all my professional life and still cannot capture the one word that adequately describes my Yorkie.

[salazark]

Originally Posted by TOY

I can understand being corrected for words that historically are considered hate words or are demeaning to someone's heritage. I would hope that none of us would remain silent on terminology that is said to hurt or to lessen someone in the world.

However, I cannot understand why words such as teacup incites such a fervor that it embarrasses or humiliates the speaker/writer especially when they are newcomers or guests.

In my opinion the rudeness of such is much more damaging than someone using the wrong terminology to describe a Yorkie. There is a better way to gently correct someone and lead them to the "jargon" that graces this breed than to embarrass or ridicule.

To the OP...as others before me have also said, do not be distressed about your choice of words. I'm just grateful to see that you did not let it deter you from returning to the board.

My Yorkie is not a teacup but were she so, I would have no problem hearing her called such because it is just a word. It's not even a word with negative connotations in our society. The word teacup to me conjures up a special, dainty piece of delicate china. Sounds about right for my Yorkie on the days she's acting like a prissy little diva. On the days she's acting out from her wild child persona the word mug might be a better fit!

I don't really care what you call my Yorkie. Words don't have any impact on how special or beloved she is. In fact, if someone can come up with one word that describes her dynamic personalitiy all wrapped up in a five pound bundle of kinetic energy, please let me know. I'll see if I can get the word submitted to Webster's as one of the new words for 2009. I've worked with words all my professional life and still cannot capture the one word that adequately describes my Yorkie.

Amen!!!

Oh - and Snugs - I'll belly up and volunteer to drink your glass of wine. Thanks!

[mnewco]

I wouldn't worry about it. You did nothing wrong. If anyone of those emails showed any kind of meaness then they need to sit in a corner and think about what they said.

Many people refer to the little Yorkies as Teacup and I don't think it is a crime. When someone says this, they are just referring to the smaller than usual Yorkie.

[pookiebear]

I can understand being corrected for words that historically are considered hate words or are demeaning to someone's heritage. I would hope that none of us would remain silent on terminology that is said to hurt or to lessen someone in the world.

However, I cannot understand why words such as teacup incites such a fervor that it embarrasses or humiliates the speaker/writer especially when they are newcomers or guests.

In my opinion the rudeness of such is much more damaging than someone using the wrong terminology to describe a Yorkie. There is a better way to gently correct someone and lead them to the "jargon" that graces this breed than to embarrass or ridicule.

To the OP...as others before me have also said, do not be distressed about your choice of words. I'm just grateful to see that you did not let it deter you from returning to the board.



Very well said. I agree with you 100%. Thank you.