Main Entry: Down’s syndrome
Pronunciation: 'daun(z)-
Function: noun
Etymology: J. L. H. Down died 1896 English physician
Date: 1961
: a congenital condition characterized by moderate to severe mental retardation, slanting eyes, a broad short skull, broad hands with short fingers, and trisomy of the human chromosome numbered 21 – called also Down’s, Down syndrome
Also sites related to helping those with Down’s Syndrome:
Look, let’s toss aside for a moment the dictionary references - those are the ones that would offer the “politically correct” usage. Dictionary content is partially determined by popular usage, anyway.
But you’re right - the ones you’re citing are U.K.-centric. That must be, therefore, U.K.'s style. This does NOT mean it’s a politically correct usage. This means it’s the style in the United Kingdom.
Actually, Dan, it’s not. Perogies was a parody of Parodies, hence I was able to link to it in the first thread.
Unless I’ve been seriously wooshed and I’ll just shut up and sit over here in the corner
Regardless. You said uneqivocally it was Down Syndrome. Which clearly it is not. I said it was either. Which clearly it is. The sites are Euro-centric, not U.K.-centric, incidentally.
By the way, allow me to point out the key between the colon “:” and the “Enter” or “Return”. We call this an “Apostrophe”. It is used when we utilize “contractions”. I hope this explanation was useful.
