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The comments appear full of Americans decrying political correctness run amok and baffled at why the neutral word “stammer” should be offensive. In British English, however, it’s the term for a stutter, which is a medical condition. (A similar disconnect occurs with the word “spastic” or the derived term “being a spaz”, which in the U.S. is unstigmatized slang for sudden outbursts or odd behavior, but in the U.K. is a derogatory way of talking about people with neurological conditions like cerebral palsy.)