i was watching this Sunday afternoon and low and behold the dog is now called Trigger !!
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i was watching this Sunday afternoon and low and behold the dog is now called Trigger !!
Seriously?Quote:
Originally Posted by PedroTheFisherman66
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger...106%20Squadron.
I kid you not ! I thought my ears were playing up when I first heard his name mentioned, I thought it was old age catching up on me. so I made a point of listening out for the name again when in shot , it was definitely called Trigger , not his other proper name !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by uysapie
He barked himself horse.Quote:
Originally Posted by PedroTheFisherman66
PC gone fricking stupid!Quote:
Originally Posted by PedroTheFisherman66
Check out the one that happened here a couple of years ago. This word isn't a term here really nor is the term "wog" which like pom for the British is a term of endearment for Italians.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/co...0-73e2b916298a
Sorry, Queenie, but I believe you are mistaken. The pejorative term for an Italian is 'Wop' not 'wog' which is a diminuitiveQuote:
Originally Posted by queenslandpie
of golliwog and a generic term for 'black people', now a term wholly shunned
I blame 13 years of Tory rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by PedroTheFisherman66
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Originally Posted by sidders
Not so Sidders, down here I know many people of European/Mediterranean extraction who refer to themselves affectionately as wogs. It may well be dying out as those generations disappear; even the indigenous folk call themselves blackfellas and us honkys whitefellas. I don’t think we’re as precious here, although the new lot coming through who are barely sure of their own gender will change all of that in time.
That is shocking, it is now denying the right of someone to be offended.