NEWSPEAK: "Parent female person"

ORIGINAL MEANING: <Did not exist - Each word had its meaning separately>

NEW MEANING: Mother.

As a result of Bill 171 (Spring 2005), the Ontario government has banned offensive words such as "mother" and "father" in their government forms. How can anyone use such terms! They offend the sensibility of people in "alternative lifestyles".

Words such as husband, wife, widow and widower have suffered a similar fate. 

Unfortunately, in this case the Bill is not just changing words, but it imposes the redistribution of some of our taxes to support people in "alternative lifestyles" with pension and survival benefits.