tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post4765446535334042791..comments2024-03-28T06:25:20.573+00:00Comments on The Diary of a Geek in Oxfordshire: Planned Changes to the DictionaryDungeekinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09181585428709956991noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-6661442663012124252009-02-05T19:20:00.000+00:002009-02-05T19:20:00.000+00:00Nigel."Surely I cannot be the only able to remembe...Nigel.<BR/>"Surely I cannot be the only able to remember purchasing leather gloves described as "nigger brown".<BR/><BR/>You are not alone. <BR/>My mother used to take me and my two brothers, to the Co-op, to buy School Blazers.<BR/>We went to different schools, my Blazer was Navy Blue, Alan's was Bottle Green and (yes you've guessed) Colin's was Nigger Brown.<BR/>These colours were the defined by the schools.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024557597864373705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-61123113738003045412009-02-05T05:05:00.000+00:002009-02-05T05:05:00.000+00:00"Easter" This clearly promotes christianism and th..."<B>Easter</B>" This clearly promotes christianism and thus denegrates all other religeons. Any shop pushing "easter eggs " will be closed By Order ( like we already done Woolies, the worst offender ).<BR/>Any person found in possession of "easter" eggs, bunnies, bonnets or other such christianist anti-Muslim paraphernalia will be ASBOd and tagged. Deniers will be stonned to death.<BR/> <BR/>Inshallahbannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-76767319368712727622009-02-04T21:30:00.000+00:002009-02-04T21:30:00.000+00:00Surely I cannot be the only able to remember purch...Surely I cannot be the only able to remember purchasing leather gloves described as "nigger brown".<BR/><BR/>wv ingst<BR/><BR/>almost angstEarthlet Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371361248447237781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-54643888600569253472009-02-04T14:03:00.000+00:002009-02-04T14:03:00.000+00:00Addendum to 'Simon Cowell':-'Jeremy Clarkson'Simil...Addendum to 'Simon Cowell':-<BR/><BR/>'Jeremy Clarkson'<BR/><BR/>Similar dress sense to above, but with added levels of misogyny and boreish tendencies.Xenaclonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14270850179267483779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-77725833369455277862009-02-04T12:42:00.000+00:002009-02-04T12:42:00.000+00:00Yes please, as long as they're home-made and with ...Yes please, as long as they're home-made and with good gravy.<BR/><BR/>And mash.<BR/><BR/>DDungeekinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181585428709956991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-42235358038631707252009-02-04T12:41:00.000+00:002009-02-04T12:41:00.000+00:00Or 'if a tree falls in a wood, and no one hears it...Or 'if a tree falls in a wood, and no one hears it...'<BR/><BR/>In fact, Wikipedia suggests that it is 'a descendant of the Latin adjective niger, meaning "black"', but that's a technicality. I think the word has become entirely offensive. Even spoken to oneself in an empty room, it pretty much still has the offensive meaning, just with no context. <BR/><BR/>For better or worse, 'gollywog' has taken on new connotations. Political correctness 'gone mad' or not, I think we need to recognise the implied meaning in our words.<BR/><BR/>Faggot.<BR/><BR/>;)Foomandoonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971333498530362363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-90454388325094740882009-02-04T12:29:00.000+00:002009-02-04T12:29:00.000+00:00Now, that's an interesting one, because it goes st...Now, that's an interesting one, because it goes straight to the heart of 'intent' and 'context'.<BR/><BR/>*Technically*, of course, it's just a mispronunciation of 'negro', which itself came from negroid. Which is still a technical term, as far as I'm aware.<BR/><BR/>BUT - that word really only makes sense if it is used as an adjective - at which point intent and context make it offensive.<BR/><BR/>By way of an (extreme) example, merely to stand in an empty room and say 'nigger' has no context and therefore is not, at that time, offensive.<BR/><BR/>DDungeekinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181585428709956991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717539.post-53494431495405840682009-02-04T12:25:00.000+00:002009-02-04T12:25:00.000+00:00So, what of the word 'nigger'? I have been conditi...So, what of the word 'nigger'? I have been conditioned to find this word uncomfortable to use, even to illustrate a point, but it wasn't created as an offensive term. <BR/><BR/>Surely if I use this word in a purely in a descriptive fashion, it can't be offensive? It's just a word. Or has its meaning changed?Foomandoonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971333498530362363noreply@blogger.com