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Originally Posted by MysticCat
ETA: And for the record, the only reason I threw in ignorance was because of what ree-Xi said that I quoted in this post -- that having lived all her life in the northeast, she had never heard the term (and presumably was therefore ignorant of the term, not ignorant of all things) until hearing it here.
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I understand where you are coming from, but I think Ree-Xi is "upset" because the word ignorant is very harsh, and usually connotes more than what you implied it to be.
Unaware or uninformed might have been better suited to describe the situation.