2020-10-06 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H – Handicap -hindrance

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2020-10-06 

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H – Handicap -hindrance

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ความหมาย อาจยืดหยุ่น ขึ้นอยู่กับ ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค

Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง handicap = ‘HAN-dee-kap’

ออกเสียง handicapped = ‘HAN-dee-kapt’

ออกเสียง hindrance = ‘HIN-druhns’

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

Handicap means

hinder, impede, incapacitate; to place at a disadvantage:

His handicap was being born into poverty.

Not to be confused with:

handicraft – a work that requires both manual and artistic skill

handiwork – work done by hand

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

Usage Note:

Although handicapped is widely usedin both law and everyday speech

to refer to people having physical or mental disabilities,

those described by the word tend to prefer the expressions disabled

or people with disabilities.

Handicapped may imply a helplessnessthat is not suggested by the more forthright disabled.

It is also felt that some stigma may attach to the word handicapped

because of its origin in the phrase

hand in cap, actually derived from a game of chance but sometimes mistakenly believed to involve the image of a beggar. See Usage Note at disabled.

Collins English Dictionary

Usage:

Nowadays the use of the word handicapped

to describe people with disabilities is generally considered inappropriate.

It is preferable to refer to someone as having a disability and to talk about people with disabilities

Collins COBUILD English Usage

Disabled – handicapped

Someone who is disabled has an illness, injury or condition

that restricts the way they can live,

especially by making it difficult for them to move about.

There are many practical problems encountered by disabled people in the workplace.

Some people use handicapped with this meaning, but many people find this offensive.

The most sensitive ways of referring to people with a restricting physical condition

are to call them people with disabilities or people with special needs.

Those who will gain the most are people with disabilities and their careers.

Employers should pay for the training of young people with special needs.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

The word handicap (derived from a game of wagering in which participants put their hands in their caps and withdrew varying amounts of money) most often is used to mean “disadvantage” or “disability”:

“His thin voice is a handicap in speaking to large crowds.”

“The player was handicapped by bruised ribs.”

A hindrance is something that impedes,  prevents, or stops;

it acts as a check or restraint of some kind:

“His lack of money is a hindrance in the development of his business.”

A severely handicapped child is hindered from pursuing the normal activities of children. You will discover, perhaps, that youth and inexperience are hindrances to finding a job, but neither is necessarily a handicap.