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Clare Forum's Random Chat Thread

  • 04-05-2015 2:36am
    #1
    mrswhiplash47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭


    Why do the media (papers and tv) refer to anybody over the age of 65 as ''pensioners''?? In a road accident,house fire.Please tell me somebody else is insulted with this ''tag''? I hate this with a vengeance:/


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  • #2
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    Mod Note:

    I've created another Random Chat Thread in the Clare Forum so that Boardsies have a place for casual questions or chat.


  • #3
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    OP, I've never given it too much thought really. However, since I was a young child I was warned by my parents to give older people titles - Mrs./Miss. X or Mr. Y and never to call them by their first name.

    How do refer to people who are over 65? If I had to label them I suppose I would refer to them as Senior Citizens.


  • #4
    mrswhiplash47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭mrswhiplash47


    MrsD007, thats how I was brought up also :)..... So do people lose their identity when they reach 65 ?? Maybe the media should consider what labels they put on people when reporting!!!


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