Prince Harry accused of racism - Page 8

cherokee · 14-01-2009, 16:47

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Originally Posted by Taggy

I know someone who has one on her keyring though!!

.....a Golliwog i mean...not a Jar Of Jam!!

Best Regards - Taggy

I have a gollywog hanging from my bag. took it all round Gambia with me and loads gambians wanted one.didnt have one prob and it wasnt there to offend either.
I went over and didnt even give a thought to it being on my bag although it was a great conversation starter.

Oh and for the record they are sold as Gollywollys here.

jaysay · 14-01-2009, 17:00

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Originally Posted by cherokee

I have a golliwog hanging from my bag. took it all round Gambia with me and loads gambians wanted one.didn't have one prob and it wasn't there to offend either.
I went over and didnt even give a thought to it being on my bag although it was a great conversation starter.

Oh and for the record they are sold as Gollywollys here.

Yea cherokee, but they don't get the Guardian in Gambia and don't have a PC Brigade either

garinda · 14-01-2009, 18:07

Kuldip Singh Dhillon should just be glad the Prince of Wales isn't from Wigan.

There they pronounce Sooty to rhyme with cutie, rather than to rhyme with butty.

Heathens.

lancsdave · 14-01-2009, 18:36

If Charles is such a good friend I'd be more worried about his sexual tendencies than his racial motives. Somebody has to have his hand up Sooty's bum for him to move

garinda · 14-01-2009, 18:42

Poor Sue.

West Ender · 14-01-2009, 20:10

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Originally Posted by garinda

Kuldip Singh Dhillon should just be glad the Prince of Wales isn't from Wigan.

There they pronounce Sooty to rhyme with cutie, rather than to rhyme with butty.

Heathens.

Has language evolved that much in Oswaldtwistle then? Time was when soot was pronounced the same as suit and a book was a bewk that you could lewk at while you were cewking.

Gordie · 14-01-2009, 20:12

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Yea cherokee, but they don't get the Guardian in Gambia and don't have a PC Brigade either

I am not being ignorant but I don`t know what PC brigade means I can only guess it means (Pakistani Council)
Your quote would make obvious sense then.

katex · 14-01-2009, 20:16

Short bulletin on local news that the Producers of Coronation Street omitted the crucifix on the wedding scene in order not to offend other groups !!!!!

Am an atheist, but respect all people to follow what they wish to believe in, and authenticity in drama is essential.

They have bloody aplogised .. should think so to.. pratts

This type of PC is stimulating my racist brain cells big time !

katex · 14-01-2009, 20:20

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Originally Posted by West Ender

Has language evolved that much in Oswaldtwistle then? Time was when soot was pronounced the same as suit and a book was a bewk that you could lewk at while you were cewking.

Nah, you're wrong West Ender .. bewk is more Yorkshire .. us Lancashire folks have never heard of diphthongs .. so would be more like book as in 'Boo' with a 'k' at the end. LOL

Gordie · 14-01-2009, 20:24

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Originally Posted by katex

Short bulletin on local news that the Producers of Coronation Street omitted the crucifix on the wedding scene in order not to offend other groups !!!!!

Am an atheist, but respect all people to follow what they wish to believe in, and authenticity in drama is essential.

They have bloody aplogised .. should think so to.. pratts

This type of PC is stimulating my racist brain cells big time !

Mine have been stimulated for quite some time now Latex I mean Katex on these supposedly racial discrimination issues

Eric · 14-01-2009, 20:59

On the general issue of political correctness, I came across this quote in Lewis Lapham's collection of essays, "Waiting for the Barbarians." In his essay, "In the Garden of Tabloid Delight", as part of his conclusion, he comments: "Absent a unified field of moral law that commands a sufficiently large number of people to obedience and belief, with what else do we fill in the blanks except a lot of little rules - rules about how to address persons of differing colors or sexual orientation, about when to wear fur and when not to eat grapes, about what to read or where to smoke." Though his prose tends to be academic rather than clear, I think he is making a good point.

Sara · 14-01-2009, 21:04

[quote=Gordie;669174]I am not being ignorant but I don`t know what PC brigade means I can only guess it means (Pakistani Council)
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PC means Political Correctness

Royboy39 · 14-01-2009, 21:06

[quote=Sara;669194]

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Originally Posted by Gordie

I am not being ignorant but I don`t know what PC brigade means I can only guess it means (Pakistani Council)
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PC means Political Correctness

Sara.................that was a wind up

bondi38 · 14-01-2009, 21:24

You are a mind of information wish you lived here you could help me with loads of stuff that i have problems with this stupid council that we have here.

West Ender · 14-01-2009, 21:26

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Originally Posted by katex

Nah, you're wrong West Ender .. bewk is more Yorkshire .. us Lancashire folks have never heard of diphthongs .. so would be more like book as in 'Boo' with a 'k' at the end. LOL

Hey, I'm Lancashire folk too you know.

Perhaps I made the error of putting in slightly misleading vowels to illustrate the point. OK, for the sake of nitpicking, let's say boooook, loooook and coooook - with the double O as in "hoof".

West Yorkshire has a more "downwardly" pronounced double O, more like bo-uk. It's hard to transcribe without the phonetic pronunciation alphabet on my keyboard.

I love accents, have studied them (and spoken them) all my life, and I can differentiate some accents to within a few miles, especially near the places I've lived - Lancs, Rutland, Brum, Coventry, Yorks, Durham and now Cheshire - in that order.

Now, no more thread hijacking.