What is the most politically correct thing you have heard?

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Watched an elderly college get an almighty dressing down today for daring to refer to the female manager as the 'manageress'. He meant nothing by it. It really shook him. I watched him die a little more inside today. I gotta get out of that place. This is the same place where we've been informed we are to refer to manholes, manhole covers etc. as person-holes, person-hole covers from now on.

Czarcasm

JD DABA wrote: »

Which exact word preceded 'history' ...was it derived from a French word ?
Were the northern Europeans who crossed over the English channel speaking French or Greek.

Christ stop. It took me all of two seconds on Google-

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History


Check the etymology section.

Polka_Dot

I did work experience in a primary school when I was in transition year. In one of the classrooms there was a poster in Irish showing a family tree which was trying to be inclusive of everyone - Sorcha, a white girl, married Pól, a black man and they had 4 children of varying skin tones, one of which was in a wheelchair. :pac: Harmless enough but I remember thinking that things hadn't been as PC as that when I was in primary school not too long before that.

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Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Being an actual engineer, I hate this cheapening of the term. Places like Germnay and Italy have a protected status for using the title engineer in the same way as doctor.

Also hate this exchange
"I'm a mechanical engineer"
"Oh, so do you fix cars?"

If you can't fix a car, please tell me you can at least fix a washing machine or a tv ?

JD DABA

Czarcasm wrote: »

Christ stop. It took me all of two seconds on Google-

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History


Check the etymology section.

Sorry, no, FAIL.

English comes from French and German.

You can trace the root of the word back to its origins in Greek indeed, but you cannot go that far back without first hitting French.

I was not born from Adam and Eve. I was born from my parents.
History came from 'Histoire'. History did not come from 'historia'.

I said history came from the French 'histoire'. It did.

The Normans and Saxons crossed into England - not the Greeks.
They were speaking forms of Germanic and Romantic languages.
NOT ....... GREEK

The King of Moo

Polka_Dot wrote: »

I did work experience in a primary school when I was in transition year. In one of the classrooms there was a poster in Irish showing a family tree which was trying to be inclusive of everyone - Sorcha, a white girl, married Pól, a black man and they had 4 children of varying skin tones, one of which was in a wheelchair. :pac: Harmless enough but I remember thinking that things hadn't been as PC as that when I was in primary school not too long before that.

That's the least PC thing I've ever read: "DON'T MARRY A BLACK MAN, OR YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE DISABLED!"

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Polka_Dot wrote: »

I did work experience in a primary school when I was in transition year. In one of the classrooms there was a poster in Irish showing a family tree which was trying to be inclusive of everyone - Sorcha, a white girl, married Pól, a black man and they had 4 children of varying skin tones, one of which was in a wheelchair. :pac: Harmless enough but I remember thinking that things hadn't been as PC as that when I was in primary school not too long before that.

Don't worry about it, next year's poster is Pól agus Seán pay Sorcha to have kids for them, and request that the disabled one is aborted before it's born.

The King of Moo

JD DABA wrote: »

Sorry, no, FAIL.

English comes from French and German.

You can trace the root of the word back to its origins in Greek indeed, but you cannot go that far back without first hitting French.

I was not born from Adam and Eve. I was born from my parents.
History came from 'Histoire'. History did not come from 'historia'.

I said history came from the French 'histoire'. It did.

The Normans and Saxons crossed into England - not the Greeks.
They were speaking forms of Germanic and Romantic languages.
NOT ....... GREEK

Where does the word "pedantic" come from?

JD DABA

The King of Moo wrote: »

Where does the word "pedantic" come from?

ask the other guy, he started this nonsense.

List of English loan words (H)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_French_origin_(D-I)#H

Fin.

kowloon

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Oh yeh I was in a restaurant once and asked where the toilets were. The guy said, with a straight face, that the ladies' toilet was undergoing repairs so I could use the "Differently abled" one. :pac:
But really, how widespread is this? And I doubt the guy would have been fired for saying "disabled". He may just have been really PC himself.

Reminds me of this.

Norwesterner

Scruffles wrote: »

am guessing are a youngen then because pretty much every condition in the DSM diagnostic manual goes through name changes because with future awareness and education people realise how unsuitable the current name is and usualy find one better,its a lot easier to assume its about political correctness if are not the person who has to live with that label on themselves and their records.
bi polar is curently a good and quick to the point name because bi means two and polar is refering to the polar opposites the mood goes between.
heres another example of condition name change; ADHD has had multiple names including hyperkinetic disorder, minimal brain damage,ADHD and ADD, however its one of the next ones that will likely get a name change because it isnt about lacking attention thats the difficulty,its lacking a input filter,a executive dysfunction.

Yeah, I know all that. But whats wrong wth saying manic depression?

maninasia

kylith wrote: »

Punch your friend in the face and tell her that if she's going to make statements about sexism she might want to do some fecking research on the etymology of the word first.

'History' is an Anglicisation of the French word 'estoire', meaning chronicle.

Wha.

Me mate told me it was when the first stone age Dub said..

'Hi, Story man'.

And the rest was History. Man.

Gosub

Jezek wrote: »

I can't believe it either!

Do you find it hard to believe or are you one of those wonderful people that require a 'source' for everything?

Annasopra

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

What's this womyn malarky...never heard of that before

It's used by radical feminists and also used in America by Women only groups that exclude Trans Women

maninasia

The use of the word Female. Yes there are people that take exception to this.

Supposedly Women is somehow better.

Or is it Womyn?

Tzardine

I have two,

Some schools in the UK no longer teach kids the nursery rhyme "Ba Ba Black Sheep". They have been told instead to sing "Ba Ba Rainbow Sheep" !!

And in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, the "Mother and Child" spaces have been renamed "People with Babies"

The world has gone mad I tell you.

Hoop66

Strituck wrote: »

I have two,

Some schools in the UK no longer teach kids the nursery rhyme "Ba Ba Black Sheep". They have been told instead to sing "Ba Ba Rainbow Sheep" !!

And in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, the "Mother and Child" spaces have been renamed "People with Babies"

The world has gone mad I tell you.

Jesus.

No. They. Don't.

How many times?

Tzardine

Allah.

Yes. They. Do.

As many times as needed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4782856.stm

Hoop66 wrote: »

Jesus.

No. They. Don't.

How many times?

Hoop66

Strituck wrote: »

Allah.

Yes. They. Do.

As many times as needed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4782856.stm

So, firstly, and hopefully for the last time. It was a fabrication:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness#False_accusations

Secondly, if you're trying to make some sort of point by referencing Allah, the more correct link would be for you to take he name of Mohammed, his prophet, in vain.

Lastly, could you explain exactly what is "needed"? Do you mean that you "need" to reference that again and again until it's OK for you to call people n****r?

kylith

I refuse to believe the Rainbow Sheep on the grounds that it's fúcking stupid. People are getting too afraid to use any kind of possible ethnic identifier, in case someone someone takes offence to light coming in through a chink in the curtains.

Case in point: I used to work with an Asian guy. One day a customer came in looking for him and said to me "Excuse me, is that man here?" I asked which 'man' she was looking for and she said "I don't know his name. I don't want to sound racist, but he's *whispers* Chinese". All I could do was say "He's from China, Ma'am. Saying where he's from isn't racist".

Tzardine

Hoop66 wrote: »

Strituck wrote: »

Allah.

Yes. They. Do.

As many times as needed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4782856.stm[/QUOTE]

So, firstly, and hopefully for the last time. It was a fabrication:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness#False_accusations

Secondly, if you're trying to make some sort of point by referencing Allah, the more correct link would be for you to take he name of Mohammed, his prophet, in vain.

Lastly, could you explain exactly what is "needed"? Do you mean that you "need" to reference that again and again until it's OK for you to call people n****r?

Oh yes Wikipedia. Known for its accuracy and factual information. GTFO.

conorhal

When it comes to 'political correctness gone MAaaaaadd!' this made me chortle:

It seems the Swedish feminists want to take away men's god given right to pee standing up....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/sweden-left-party-toilet-stand_n_1590572.html

tritium

"The wrote:

Why would you expect Americans living in America to know Cork slang, and not assume that the words were being used with the common meanings that they have in America?

two things: one, given that they had a huge irish presence with massive crossover of people it wouldn't be an unreasonable expectation

Two, if youre going to make political correctness part of your policy (which they did) then it's not unreasonable for all of your employees to expect that their cultural norms be factored in, not just a segment who meet an ideological benchmark of been capable of being victims of discrimination.

Hoop66

Strituck wrote: »

Oh yes Wikipedia. Known for its accuracy and factual information. GTFO.

OK, if you don't like Wikipedia (which is, btw, quoting the BBC story as a source) then perhaps just read the original article you linked to?

"But the charity running the nurseries, Parents and Children Together (Pact), said the move was educational, not motivated by racial concerns.

Pact said children were encouraged to use a wide range of words in songs.

"Pact has established that children sing a variety of descriptive words in the nursery rhyme to turn the song into an action rhyme," the charity said in a statement. "

So, the story you linked to specifically states that the words are changed to give kids a wider vocabulary and NOT for any "politically correct" reason.

wonderfulname

mango salsa wrote: »

It's used by radical feminists and also used in America by Women only groups that exclude Trans Women

Or as I put it - Bloody idiots who don't understand the English language or common decency.

twinQuins

Strituck wrote: »

Allah.

Yes. They. Do.

As many times as needed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4782856.stm

"They sing happy, sad, bouncing, hopping, pink, blue, black and white sheep etc and they also exchange boy and girl at the end of the rhyme.
"This encourages the children to extend their vocabulary and use up some energy.

So, not political correctness then.


Can we please put this myth to rest?

Links234

this thread is embarrassing, some of you aren't even giving out about PC terms, it's sounding more like "I can't get down with the kids new lingo!"

"Bio break"? that's not politically correct, that's nerdy, it's the kinda thing you'd hear playing world of warcraft. kek

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Deise Vu

twinQuins wrote: »

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So, not political correctness then.


Can we please put this myth to rest?


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You're right, it's only a coincidence that they wanted to replace the word 'black' with the vocabulary-enhancing 'rainbow'. With the passing of Mozart, Beethoven et al, there's just nobody who could write a nursery rhyme with the word 'rainbow' in it.

twinQuins

Did you happen to miss this part?

"They sing happy, sad, bouncing, hopping, pink, blue, black and white sheep etc and they also exchange boy and girl at the end of the rhyme.