O/T:- The Dam Busters!

[PedroTheFisherman66]

i was watching this Sunday afternoon and low and behold the dog is now called Trigger !!

[uysapie]

i was watching this Sunday afternoon and low and behold the dog is now called Trigger !!

Seriously?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger...106%20Squadron.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

Seriously?

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 !!!!

[uysapie]

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 !!!!

PC gone fricking stupid!

[lunaspie]

i was watching this Sunday afternoon and low and behold the dog is now called Trigger !!

He barked himself horse.

[queenslandpie]

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

[sidders]

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 diminuitive
of golliwog and a generic term for 'black people', now a term wholly shunned

[ForeignLegion]

Sorry, Queenie, but I believe you are mistaken. The pejorative term for an Italian is 'Wop' not 'wog' which is a diminuitive
of golliwog and a generic term for 'black people', now a term wholly shunned

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.

[queenslandpie]

Sorry, Queenie, but I believe you are mistaken. The pejorative term for an Italian is 'Wop' not 'wog' which is a diminuitive
of golliwog and a generic term for 'black people', now a term wholly shunned

It might be in Europe Sid but I can assure you it is not here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog

[Jampie]

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

I had never heard anyone use "coon" to describe native aussies prior to that campaign, and thought it was downright weird to change the company's name after all these decades. But, whatever.

As for "wog" I had definitely heard that used as derogatory toward mediterranean descended folk.

Edit: And for the actual change of the dog's name in a film, good. It doesn't change the history one iota and will remove a distracting element from an otherwise good old film.