Ladies and Gentlemen.......

Snickers Man

This is the accepted form of addressing a crowd of people in English. It's counterparts in German, French and Spanish are respectively "Meine Damen und Herren", Mesdames et Messieurs" and "Senoras y Senores" all pretty direct translations.

In Irish, fair enough, the equivalent is "A dhaoine uaisle" (not a direct translation and no reference to different sexes.)

So....

Please somebody tell me that this announcement is a joke!

antodeco

Maybe they should ban the tube. A big long object going in and out of tunnels. Sounds very falic to me

Barry Badrinath

Fcuk sake.

They will be renaming Manchester to Nonspecificchester next.

Gobshytery at its finest.

biko

Maybe "tube peasants" is better..

jamesbere

We should just ban talking altogether, just communicate in the form of interpretive dance

The_Valeyard

I thought it was something from Waterford Whispers News at first.

Winterlong

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuk sake.

They will be renaming Manchester to Nonspecificchester next.

Gobshytery at its finest.

Nonspecific United!

Permabear

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The_Valeyard

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuk sake.

They will be renaming Manchester to Nonspecificchester next.

Gobshytery at its finest.

Cant use the word 'City' anymore as Manchester now identifies as a Town.

Bit like the reverse of Kilkenny.

bear1

This equality **** is going completely over the top.
We've got groups of letters to denote certain types of people which incorporates everyone on the planet and now you can't say ladies and gentlemen as it needs to reflect everyone?
My biology classes might be failing me but regardless of what you are, you are still either a man or a woman...
Idiotic.

Atoms for Peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7E1D_3Na4

The_Valeyard

bear1 wrote: »

This equality **** is going completely over the top.
We've got groups of letters to denote certain types of people which incorporates everyone on the planet and now you can't say ladies and gentlemen as it needs to reflect everyone?
My biology classes might be failing me but regardless of what you are, you are still either a man or a woman...
Idiotic.

Or a dolphin. How dare you take away my Dolphinhood from me!!!

Dont assume my species.

Pac1Man

Permabear wrote: »

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Wouldn't be a bad thing to be fair.

Some psycho posts get thrown around those two areas.

Syphonax

So long as this leads to Unisex toilets I have no problem with it all.

circadian

I don't see the problem. Could be due to the fact that I don't really care enough to get outraged about it one way it another.

Outlaw Pete

Sweet baby Jesus, when will it end.

KungPao

Maybe the announcement could be "Ladies, Gentlemen, dudes in dresses, women dressed like men, and others".

I am a gentleman, and I demand to be referred to!

optogirl

Does it really matter? If there had been no news article about it would anyone have noticed?

Snickers Man

circadian wrote: »

I don't see the problem. Could be due to the fact that I don't really care enough to get outraged about it one way it another.

I'm not outraged; more like exasperated.

The only thing I fear is that initiatives such as this will cause certain people, with incredibly thin skins, indeed to become outraged if somebody uses the traditional form of address and will therefore accuse them of all sorts of heinous crimes such as being "gender normative" or "non inclusive" or "anti-equality".

It's priggishness like this that caused monstrosities such as the Shrieking Yale Girl.

SEPT 23 1989

"good morning everyone" is like a teacher addressing children in a classroom

The_Valeyard

circadian wrote: »

I don't see the problem. Could be due to the fact that I don't really care enough to get outraged about it one way it another.

deadybai

I don't.get it .

Aren't transgender people still a lady or a gent regardless of their birth sex?

Who are they trying not to offend , the rats and mice?

conorhal

optogirl wrote: »

Does it really matter? If there had been no news article about it would anyone have noticed?

Well, if it doesn't really matter, why do it in the first place?

JupiterKid

I saw a thread about this on the Digitalspy forums. It's political correctness gone mad. Pandering to uber-left types who are offended on behalf of the minuscule number of people who want to be referred to as "non-binary."

Pathetic.

silverharp

deadybai wrote: »

I don't.get it .

Aren't transgender people still a lady or a gent regardless of their birth sex?

Who are they trying not to offend , the rats and mice?

what if you are Wolfkin?

Summer wind

Can you imagine attending the meeting this was decided at? It's absolutely ridiculous.

kunst nugget

The weird thing is soon Britain won't be able to blame this type of thing on the EU anymore and they'll have to realise that it was all their own doing all along…

Harry Palmr

Dear Earthlings, now hear this!

Pac1Man

I think what annoys people the most with all of the PCness is the act of being told what they can no longer say or do.

Who are these other people who make these decisions and why do they hold power over the rest?

What happens if you do not follow the PC way? Not a lot I imagine.

Why is it such an attrocity that people become offended?

WoollyRedHat

Good morning everyone? Ridicolous, what happens if you hate the bloody morning ey? Don't remind me of it.

Things that tannoy you incoming...

Annasopra

bear1 wrote: »

This equality **** is going completely over the top.
We've got groups of letters to denote certain types of people which incorporates everyone on the planet and now you can't say ladies and gentlemen as it needs to reflect everyone?
My biology classes might be failing me but regardless of what you are, you are still either a man or a woman...
Idiotic.

Oh my god. Letters....... the horror of it...... it's a disgrace Joe letters Joe. Its outrageous they want letters. How dare they have letters Joe.