Joe Duffy just said Twat on national radio!

mike65

And he wasn't quoting either, twas his description of the Top Gear team.

Swearing on radio, okay or not? Esp at 1.50pm

Mike

DMC

Gerry Ryan and Ray D'arcy get away with it earlier in the day. :rolleyes:

rover84

mike65 wrote: »

And he wasn't quoting either, twas his description of the Top Gear team.

Swearing on radio, okay or not? Esp at 1.50pm

Mike

They should lock him up on a 12 year sentence for that kind of carry on.

He swore, who cares, its not important

A Primal Nut

Listening to Joe Duffy is a much greater crime tbh.

mike65

Well he's lucky he isn't on the Beeb, he'd be off air now.

I guess he might have said twits with that accent its easy to mishear.

Mike

djsupreme

I heard it. Very strange. What's his hangup with the Top Gear lads?

Nerin

djsupreme wrote: »

I heard it. Very strange. What's his hangup with the Top Gear lads?

They're british? I dunno,its joe,does he need an excuse.

afatbollix

right.. better ring live line with this complaint... ive heard it works wonders with getting things sorted....

anyone have the number??

Onikage

djsupreme wrote: »

I heard it. Very strange. What's his hangup with the Top Gear lads?

They're far more popular than he is? As in recognised-in-other-countries popular.

Royal Seahawk

I don't like Joe Duffy but his description of those TopGear muppets is bang on.

mike65

Why don't we have a no thanks button?

Mike

aoibhebree

"Twat" counts as swearing now :eek: My we're easily offended!!!

Johnny Storm

mike65 wrote: »

And he wasn't quoting either, twas his description of the Top Gear team.

Jeremy Clarkson is a twat :P

MrEko

Twat, thats not a swear word, it couldnt be. Besides, Darcy has said worse lots of times.

mike65

Twat = vagina (its c*nt for the innocent)

Mike

MrEko

Surely a twat is an idiot, it used to be in the Beano the whole time when I was a young lad.

mike65

Try googling!

Mike

IvySlayer

What's the number for comreg? :eek:

Twat is not offensive.

Bondvillain

MrEko wrote: »

Surely a twat is an idiot, it used to be in the Beano the whole time when I was a young lad.

You'll probably find you're thinking of another word... cos "twat" has definitely never featured in the Beano, Dandy or any other British kids comic...

WH Smiths refused to carry an issue of Viz on their shelves in the 90's because of the use of the word Twat (relating to 'vagina') on the cover, resulting in the creation of the amusingly foul-mouthed character "Sweary Mary" who's sole purpose was to antagonise WH Smiths, and in an internal BBC complaints survey in 1998, Twat was the 10th ranked most offensive term or swear word, offending more people than "Sh*t", "D*ckhead", "p*ss off" and abusive slang terms for Pakistanis and Black people.

Doubt Dennis the menace would have gotten away with it, to be honest...:D

Placid_Casual

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I present Exhibit A in the case for "twat" not being offensive. And its seasonal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYV6GWxVoqY

0:53

"Did you call me a twat?"

"Yeah, ya twat!"

LightningBolt

Agree, twat ain't a swear word. It's used to slag off idiots.

Bondvillain

Placid_Casual wrote: »

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I present Exhibit A in the case for "twat" not being offensive. And its seasonal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYV6GWxVoqY

0:53

"Did you call me a twat?"

"Yeah, ya twat!"

I'll see your ex-art students 'getting one over on "the man" ' by sneaking a swear word onto a piss-take single and raise you a confirmed definition:

Collins English Dictionary wrote:

Twat : Taboo Slang - The Female genitals.

humberklog

Agreed that it isn't a too strong term of abuse. Sure you can have the female genitalia one but it's also used in a lighter context. For e.g 'pussy' can be a vag, a meek person or indeed a household pet. Joe did use it very dismissively though. Slighting people for "paying to see those twats in the RDS". The same fella wouldn't comment on people paying good money to see the likes of Brendan O Carroll, June Byrne or Smiley Bolger. Now they are fookin twats but yet he would hardly slight them (or the audience) if in the unlikely event that they'd fill out the RDS for 3 nights.
Oddly strongly dismissive.

GSF

Was he introducing the next show?

watty

Twit = idoit

jeanie77

Who could have said a lot worse, Tw*t is not really a curse is it???:P

Fuzzy Clam

From my trusty old Chambers dictionary
Twat (vulgarly) the vulva: (blunderingly) part of a nuns dress (Browning): a coarse general term of reproach (slang). [Origin obscure]

themadchef

I was under the impression:


Twat = general muppet
Twot: =cnut


I'm thinking i wont be calling people "twats" too frequently any more

LightningBolt

Any Irish person who says "twat" needs a kick up the hole. It's an English slang term.

i was hit a 2 week ban :eek:by some villiage napoleon moderator a few weeks back for calling someone a TWAT who had just referred to the irish as " stupid embarrassing fenions (his spelling) ". i thought i was well within my rights but alas no.

humberklog

LightningBolt wrote: »

Any Irish person who says "twat" needs a kick up the hole. It's an English slang term.

We speak English though. I use it a lot. I've lived in England for a few years and got the hang of it. Fine word. Where'd we be without English slang words? F@ck, wanker, plank, cnut, slapper, numpty, prick etc., etc. The only good irish one that comes to mind is geebag. A quality put down. I speak a bit of Hebrew and even in that language an Israeli would revert to using English origin slang. For e.g "Anni lo yo fooking dea".

jeanie77

I cant stand Joe Duffy anyway he caused chaos when he told everyone to take their money out of the banks and put it in the post office or some rubbish!

zuroph

bonnie tyler said "shít" on ray darcy show this morning

humberklog

jeanie77 wrote: »

I cant stand Joe Duffy anyway he caused chaos when he told everyone to take their money out of the banks and put it in the post office or some rubbish!

He didn't give that advice. Maybe you should listen to him just to get the story right.

jeanie77

humberklog wrote: »

He didn't give that advice. Maybe you should listen to him just to get the story right.

Sorry is this the Joe Duffy fan club? Sorry I will leave this discussion bye

humberklog

jeanie77 wrote: »

Sorry is this the Joe Duffy fan club? Sorry I will leave this discussion bye

Not at all. Far from it. Just that what you said was wrong. that didn't happen. There's plenty of real ammo out there to hurl at Joe. But it doesn't stick if it's wrong.

November One

Uh well first of all I was under the understanding that words like "feck" and "bastard" were common place on the radio now, and second of all isn't a twat actually a pregnant goldfish?

Bondvillain

November One wrote: »

and second of all isn't a twat actually a pregnant goldfish?

No, that was "twit", and its wrong too, as Goldfish do not get pregnant they get 'ripe' because they are egg layers, not child bearers, so a "pregnant" goldfish doesn't exist, and if it did, it wouldn't be called a twit.

QI put that myth to bed some time ago.

Aidric

The cheek of Joe Duffy to call anyone a twat.

Bum Boy

He can be a bit of a tool alright but hang on that's something useful!

Mossy Monk

Twat is not offensive.

LightningBolt wrote: »

Any Irish person who says "twat" needs a kick up the hole. It's an English slang term.

You are using the English language to get this point across.

zuroph

Mossy Monk wrote: »

You are using the English language to get this point across.

innit

DublinWriter

That's nothing Mike.

I heard the MD of United Travel Ltd use the word "f*cking" on today's Liveline.

Obviously RTE don't want to install a 10-second delay system as they either a) like going down the High-Court everytime some loon calls up and accuses a Minister of being orally pleasured by his PA or b) they have no money left after filling Pat Kenny's swimming pool with money.

In seriousness, standards are dropping. Just from the last week of casual listening I heard the "s" word being used at least twice on both Ryan Tubridy and Pat Kenny's slots.

Stargate

Bondvillain wrote: »

I'll see your ex-art students 'getting one over on "the man" ' by sneaking a swear word onto a piss-take single and raise you a confirmed definition:

LOL @ Bondvillain

Twat ( sorry ) THAT made me burst out laughing !!

;-)

naidheachdair

DublinWriter wrote: »

That's nothing Mike.

I heard the MD of United Travel Ltd use the word "f*cking" on today's Liveline.

Obviously RTE don't want to install a 10-second delay system as they either a) like going down the High-Court everytime some loon calls up and accuses a Minister of being orally pleasured by his PA or b) they have no money left after filling Pat Kenny's swimming pool with money.

In seriousness, standards are dropping. Just from the last week of casual listening I heard the "s" word being used at least twice on both Ryan Tubridy and Pat Kenny's slots.

Not only did he use "f*cking" three or four times, he used it to the regulator who decides whether or not he gets a trading licence! Bad move.

That phone-in as a whole was fairly gripping stuff. "Can I have my money back please! Can I have my money back please!"

Is it always like a consumer affairs remix of Jeremy Kyle? I'm usually in work when it's on.