喜樂美語
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    This is a very old word for a person with Down's syndrome. Do not use it.

    This is a very hurtful old word這是一個非常傷人的舊詞 for a person with Down's syndrome用來指唐氏症患者。 Do not use it請不要使用這個字。

    Doctors once used names like this because they thought the face of a person with Down's syndrome looked a little like the faces of Mongol people — a small fold of skin at the inner corner of the eye, which many East Asian people have too. That idea mixed a medical condition with a whole people, and it was wrong and .

    Doctors once used names like this醫生以前會用這種名稱 because they thought是因為他們以為 the face of a person with Down's syndrome唐氏症患者的臉 looked a little like the faces of Mongol people有點像蒙古人的臉 — a small fold of skin at the inner corner of the eye——指眼睛內眼角的一小片皮膚摺 , which many East Asian people have too，這其實很多東亞人也有。 That idea mixed a medical condition with a whole people這種想法把一種醫學狀況跟一整個民族混在一起 , and it was wrong and unkind，是錯誤又不厚道的。

    English has put the word away. Say Down's syndrome for the condition, and a person with Down's syndrome for the person.

    English has put the word away英文已經把這個字收起來不用了。 Say請說 Down's syndromeDown's syndrome（唐氏症） for the condition來指這個狀況 , and，而 a person with Down's syndromea person with Down's syndrome（唐氏症患者） for the person來指這個人。

    Though actually, with a capital M, Mongol is also a name for the Mongol people of the and of — a different use that sits on the same letters, which is how the insult got its shape. In everyday English now, people from are usually called . If you meet mongol in an old book, leave it there.

    Though actually不過其實 , with a capital M，字首大寫的Mongol Mongol is also a name也是一個名稱 for the Mongol people of the steppe and of Mongolia指草原上跟蒙古的蒙古人 — a different use that sits on the same letters——是用同樣的字母表達的另一個意思 , which is how the insult got its shape，這也是那個侮辱性用法之所以會出現的原因。 In everyday English now在現在的日常英文裡 , people from Mongolia，來自蒙古的人 are usually called通常會被稱為 MongolianMongolian（蒙古人）。 If you meet mongol in an old book如果你在舊書裡看到mongol這個字 , leave it there，就讓它留在那裡就好（不要再用）。

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    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成Borrowed from Classical Mongolian mongɣol, from Middle Mongol mongqol — the name of the Mongol people. The Down's syndrome sense came later from that wrong idea about the eye fold.

同家族的字

  • Mongoliathe country named from the same people-name; the insult wrongly borrowed it
  • Mongolianthe usual modern word for the people, the language, and things from Mongolia
  • mongolismthe old, equally forbidden name for the condition itself

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Mongolnoun詞源 1/ˈmɒŋɡəl/

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    A member of an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and various autonomous territories throughout China, tracing their unified identity back to the 13th-century imperial conquests of Genghis Khan.

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    offensivederogatorydatedA person with Down syndrome.

    • The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.
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    A member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club of California, United States.

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    offensiveslurslangA Turk, particularly in political or Internet discourse by certain neighbors (such as in Greece or the Caucasus) and within Turkey by opponents to suggest a lack of civilization or, in some contexts, to mock the genetic and historical ties between the Turkic and Mongolic peoples.

    • —You are malaka! [a wanker] —Malaka goat anan! [is your goat mother!] —Malaka OLOLOLO! —[Answers in Turkish] Malaka goat anandır! [Malaka is your goat mother!] —Mongol! —[Answers in Turkish] Hassiktir ben Türküm! [Fuck you, I am Turkish!]

Mongoladj詞源 1/ˈmɒŋɡəl/

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    Synonym of Mongolian.

    • THE following fables are selected from a number which a Mongol teacher dictated in his attempts to familiarise a foreigner with the language of Mongolia. It will be seen at a glance that most of them are not native to the country, but come from a laud abounding with sights and scenes unknown to Mongolia. One or two of them, though, have a very Mongol look about them, and doubtless a good many of them have adopted more or less of a Mongol dress.
    • While the social system could thus be improved, [G. Stanley] Hall knew that heredity was more important. He argued that a pound of heredity was “worth a hundredweight of education.” It was necessary to pay attention to better breeding: “The nation that breeds best, be it Mongol, Slav, Teuton or Saxon, will rule the world in the future.”

Mongolname詞源 2/ˈmɒŋɡəl/

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    A Keram language spoken in Papua New Guinea (also known by its native name Mwakai).

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。