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When are GR going to publish a list of what words or phrases that we CANT use?

the rules are SO ambiguous. ANY one could be "upset" by ANY thing...........

So sorry to hear that, Jax :-( :-( :-(

Probably...she taught me everything I know :-D

You should hear what she calls old people out of the car window (she is a passenger) :-D

Must be the East End in her

The French word translated to Mother*****r whether that what was what he wanted to say. I do not know....but I am not a French speaker

Hand up!

Is it safe to post my links now? :-S

ooh! so many posts since I responded - my reply may be out of context now - sorry!

jax - and she probably knows a few more so called rude words than you do :-D

Rambling Rose, I'm not sure which recent French expression you are referring to, and as to the 't' word having changed its meaning, I really don't know, because I don't know what 't' word you are referring to. I wasn't happy with the use of the word 'thicko' in the Daily Mail online news today, as purportedly quoted by the Oxford Uni. admissions chief.

I admit that I do take offence to certain words which are used / intended in an abusive way, but my comment was based on what I assumed to be a certain word used in a joke, and I backed it up by a very old dictionary definition. By my own standards I would not call anyone an arse / mad / menopausal / ... all sorts of words which are in the dictionary but could be used in order to cause offence.

Would someone please p.m. me the original o.p.? Thank you in anticipation

that's the one Col, it's maybe a regional thing the way it's used rather than perhaps age? because my elderly friend uses it as 'to hit'.

I cannot think of any so called rude words that my 70+ mother does not use :-D


Edit - she also knows what they mean

Rhymes with flat? and used by my elderly mother who hadn't a clue what it referred to until I gently explained it to her :-0 :-S

No Ann , I use tosser lol, more often than might be imagined ;-)

So was I Island :-)

but the t word is slang for a ( usually specific) part of a "woman's genitals" ( first definition Oxford English dictionary ) rather than

"2.A cretinous person 3.To strike someone(this definition is almost certainly of Northern English origin).

Definition 3 is used sometimes on the board and with no offense meant.

rhymes with dosser?

Rose, I was responding to Crystal Tips re 'the word'.
I still have no idea what your 'T word' is.


I agree Bob.

There are many words that have been posted on the "Urban Dictionary" with totally un-connected meanings from the original,

perhaps it is a U D reader that is taking exception to completely innocent words or phrases used here........

I didn't see the OP, so have no idea if there was a word that might have offended , for all I know it could be a person from Yorkshire who is fed up with having their dialect joked about. Who knows?

CT, if it was that word the offended person/s was being very selective about who to report LOL

'T word'........no idea.

This business is getting too silly now.

And, by the same token, a recent expression in French, used on this board has many translations, as well as the one Google translate throws up first, it has others which are considered only mildly insulting in English and would probably have been the 'usual' translation until recently .

Just as the 't' word has changed its meaning , and makes me flinch every time I see it on here ...I won't use it lol because for me it has the cruder meaning, not the milder meaning of 'twerp/idiot' etc.

'Slang ban angers parents'.

Colley Lane Primary School in Halesowen has sparked debate because of the ban, which has been introduced in a bid to raise standards of English for pupils.

Headteacher John White said he hoped the move would help children in their studies and future careers. Pupils are now banned from using phrases such as ‘gonna’, ‘woz’ or ‘it wor me’.

The policy has been backed by Dudley North MP Ian Austin. He said: “I am from the Black County and am very proud of the place I am from and my accent. But in the modern world when the job most youngsters get depends on their education, learning to present yourself properly is just as important as learning maths and English. No one should change their accent, but learning how to present your argument properly and having a good vocabulary is important.”

But he insisted that he loves the regional accent, adding: “I have never changed my accent, I went to Russells Hall Primary and then, what is now, Castle High School.”

(From today's Times).

Have just Googled what I thought may have been the offending word, and looked at many online dictionaries. However, knowing how languages change, and new words are added I decided to rummage through my books to find my old school dictionary from almost fifty years ago.

Was it the word 'arse' which caused offence to someone? Would someone please correct me if I'm wrong - I saw part of the Yorkshire thread, but with the OP missing but then re-posted without a certain word. In my school dictionary, first printed in 1956, reprinted in 1969, arse is a noun - the buttocks; the rump; the hind part of an animal. Arse-smart, again a noun is the smart-weed (Old English 'oers')

Will have my dictionary at the ready in case that wasn't the offending word ;-)

Last words for now (until I go off to find some links for Staffs Col) Has anyone else studied profanity in the works of Chaucer and Shakespeare?