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scubboyesterday at 7:13 PM1 replyview on HN

This is linguistic nonsense on a par with disliking the phrase "my spouse" because it implies ownership. You can easily talk of "my country" or "my university" without claiming ownership, just as one can talk of "a sense of belonging" or of "belonging to a club" without feeling owned. Words have several meanings.


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pipesyesterday at 7:37 PM

Yet, if I said my wife belonged to me I think I would get a few rebukes.

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