I shudder to think what those who support modern day PC language would have thought about what we called each other in the 50s and 60s.:eek:
Royalty is involved in yet another concern, regarding the Princes calling their friends names like ‘sooty’ and ‘my little ****stani* friend.’
Has PC gone too far, or are we correct to refer to a blackboard as a chalkboard, even if my old buddy, ‘Chalkie’ objects to that reference?
* Apparently, tis so.
By: stangman - 13th January 2009 at 19:52
Where’s the PC brigade when someone mentions Taff.Mick or any other term that isn’t aimed at a person of colour, one rule for all or none at all.As long as it is between friends as in Prince Charles case and is accepted by both parties in friendship whose buisness is it what they call each other?.
By: Head Zup - 13th January 2009 at 19:15
2 of us are Brits
I’m sorry but the shortening of British or Briton to Brit is insulting and derogatory to me.
It HAS been used as a hate word e.g. “Brits Out”
In order to use the word at all, you must be a fellow Briton (and even then I am not keen on it), I will not accept it from any other NATIONALITY ( I emphasise that to differentiate from ethnicity or religion).
Political correctness is a double edged sword.
Regards Brian
By: Rlangham - 13th January 2009 at 19:10
Maybe ‘Sooty’ calls Prince Charles ‘Matthew’
By: Kitty - 13th January 2009 at 19:07
Prince Harry first: no he shouldn’t have used the word, but considering what squaddies, even Ruperts call each other, then it was pretty mild. i think we can gloss over that as a young soldier three years ago. he does it now though, he deserves a bloody good roasting.
Prince Charles: Is it the accepted nickname for this person that everyone calls him for some reason to do with the glove puppet? Or just anickname tween the two of them? I very much doubt its meant as racist, but maybe again derogatory tween friends.
God knows.
By: symon - 13th January 2009 at 17:46
Why should they get in trouble for calling their friends certain names? Or why should anyone get in trouble for the like? If there is an understanding between the two and no animosity about it all.
It does become a problem when you start using words of the like towards a collective group of people however. Then it can become derogatory.
By: BSG-75 - 13th January 2009 at 16:24
Its no fun not knowing what to say at times, certain words and phrases are unacceptable and rightly so – what our HRH said I think in this day and age is not on, and a lot of other people would have been arrested by now. If they can pull blokes from a football crowd for it, why not an HRH on video?
when I was about 8 (early 70’s) I used the “N” name to a lad of west Indian parentage and my mum went mad. I got (which is also not allowed today) a good hiding and I never used the word again. This was at the time that “Love thy neighbour” was on TV…. ’nuff said.
It can go to far, I manage a team of 18 people at work, 2 of us are English, the rest from all around Europe. I got pulled up for calling them “B*****y Foreigners ” – which is what they call me as well.
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January 13, 2009 at 2:59 pm