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Originally Posted by LuvNH
I think it is kind of obvious - politically incorrect. But do not agree on the Master reference. We always called the "master" the original from which we made copies. But then, I'm old and have been around a long time and have no time for these modern changes to the beautiful English language we use.
Do you think all the other nationalities are going through this rubbish. What does woke sound like in Italian.
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If you scroll up to the 1st or 2nd page of this thread, you'll learn that the term Master Bedroom was NOT changed as a result of political correctness. Rather, it was changed to better describe the layout of the homes. At one point in architectural history, a Master Bedroom was the room that had the walk-in closet and either "half-bath" or "full bath" within the suite. It was - an actual suite. At another point, in different types of construction, the Master Bedroom referred only to the biggest bedroom in the house, regardless of whether or not it had a bathroom or walk-in closet.
Then came the McMansions, which had multiple large bedroom suites, and were advertised as having "two master suites." Well that just makes no sense, from a semantics point of view. There can be only one master, that's what makes it a master. If there's more than one of them, then neither of them are a master. They're just big bedroom suites. But that doesn't really sound great when you're advertising.
So they decided that "Primary" would be a great word to use, when referring to a large bedroom suite in a house with more than one large bedroom suite. Now both of them can be big bedroom suites, neither of them has to be "the master" but one of them can be featured more prominently. Maybe it has a vaulted ceiling and the other doesn't. Maybe it had a bay window with window seat and the other doesn't. Maybe it has an ocean view and the other doesn't. There's nothing about it that makes it more masterful than the other room. It's still just a big bedroom suite. So it's the primary one.
That's why the switch. It just makes more sense.