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What is the most politically correct thing you have heard?

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  • #62
    DUBACC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 486 ✭✭DUBACC


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Or even worse, it will be Irish American.....

    ......where's it all going to end Joe?:eek:

    Different argument - an irish American in a colour context means someone who refuses to be called a ginger in the US. :p


  • #63
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Oh the irony......

    Whenever I see the term Political Correctness being used in an online context......its usually a precursor to a bunch of racists, homophobes and misogynists giving vent to their discriminatory outlook.


    Is that a multiple choice opinion or what?


    Jesus if this day gets any worse...


    I work in a fairly "rough" neighbourhood, and there was just myself and the cleaner here in the office, next thing there was a ferocious bang like a gun going off and I dived on the cleaner to get her down below the window.

    She was already having a shít fit having thought a gun went off, but when I went to investigate, it turns out a gust of wind had just slammed the door shut!

    Scarlehhh :o :pac:


  • #64
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,744 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Or even worse, it will be Irish American.....

    ......where's it all going to end Joe?:eek:

    Irish-African-American

    Feck it, let's go with the Gaeilge and call them Daoine Gorm.


  • #65
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭wexie


    Czarcasm wrote: »
    .....
    "Now <Czarcasm>, in a meeting yesterday you mentioned you'd a pain in a certain part of the male anatomy"...

    She could see I wasn't sure what she was referring to, so she continued-

    "You're working in an all female environment, and you made reference to a certain part of the male anatomy when talking about the filing system we use here"...

    Then it clicked! She was referring to the fact that at a meeting the previous day, the exact phrase I used was-

    "I have a pain in my balls with all this paperwork!". I mean, yes, it really IS a pain in the balls, made worse yesterday then when she pointed out that I hadn't filled out a petty cash voucher for a pint of milk-

    ....

    Should have said you had a pain in your hole :D


  • #66
    crockholm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


    kylith wrote: »
    Irish-African-American

    Feck it, let's go with the Gaeilge and call them Daoine Gorm.
    The country could be sued by the Blue Man Group:eek:


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  • #67
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    This thread is slowly descending into the 'how racist/sexist can I be and get away with it' thread. Whatever about some ridiculous PC terms, people just use it as an excuse to say whatever the hell they like without consequence.


  • #68
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭wexie


    I used to live with guy from the Caribbean who was pretty dark.

    One day after a few drinks I asked him : so what are you then? Afro-Caribbean, African, African American? What's the correct terminology?

    He looked at me kinda puzzled, went a bit quiet and said :

    No....dude....I'm black okay? Just black

    :D


  • #69
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    This thread is slowly descending into the 'how racist/sexist can I be and get away with it' thread. Whatever about some ridiculous PC terms, people just use it as an excuse to say whatever the hell they like without consequence.

    Where?


  • #70
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,863 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Oh the irony......

    Whenever I see the term Political Correctness being used in an online context......its usually a precursor to a bunch of racists, homophobes and misogynists giving vent to their discriminatory outlook.

    where's the irony?


  • #71
    tritium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,793 ✭✭✭tritium


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Oh the irony......

    Whenever I see the term Political Correctness being used in an online context......its usually a precursor to a bunch of racists, homophobes and misogynists giving vent to their discriminatory outlook.

    Yes, we're all misogynists, racists and haters here on AH. Damn, now that's out of the bag I'd better put away my copy of mien kampf

    Whatever, trolls meeting is thataway, jog on...,,


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  • #72
    Deco99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭Deco99


    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?"


    Are you saying the mechanical engineer is really a mechanic or are you annoyed by the ignorance of the person thinking they are the same?

    either way you are not a doctor.


  • #73
    tritium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,793 ✭✭✭tritium


    I once worked for an American company where there was a story of two Cork lads on assignment in the US getting into hassle for a conversation that went something along the lines of "hows it going boy! What's the craic?".

    HR folks of spectacularly low intelligence immediately assumed boy=racist southern term for a black man and craic = crack cocaine :(


  • #74
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    The word brainstorm being banned from schools because its offensive to those with epilepsy.

    The nursery rhyme being changed to "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep", because saying black is racist.


  • #75
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    WhiteRoses wrote: »
    The nursery rhyme being changed to "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep", because saying black is racist.

    WTF is a 'rainbow sheep'?


  • #76
    Deco99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭Deco99


    gramar wrote: »
    Brown bag meeting? Brainstorming? Back when I was a lad we just had to put our thinking caps on.

    The whole office lingo is annoying in general...touch base, in the loop, ball park...........w**kers language


    blue sky scenario, going forward, nuances, once had the word "derogation" used in completely wrong context presumably because there was no fancy word in the sentence already.

    Any commentary on maternity leave is competely un-pc. not against it but think it get fairly well abused


  • #77
    Nino Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭Nino Brown


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    WTF is a 'rainbow sheep'?

    Apparently they're okay with kids taking acid, as long as they're not racist.


  • #78
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    WhiteRoses wrote: »
    The word brainstorm being banned from schools because its offensive to those with epilepsy.

    The nursery rhyme being changed to "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep", because saying black is racist.
    Myths.


  • #79
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    WhiteRoses wrote: »
    The word brainstorm being banned from schools because its offensive to those with epilepsy.

    The nursery rhyme being changed to "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep", because saying black is racist.


    Actually there's one I'm only thinking of now- Do they still refer to it as a White Board in schools?


  • #80
    crockholm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


    Just read the english on-line news here in Sweden,and some dude got a payout from a town council of just shy of 4K euro,because he refused to shake a womans hand,same dude was going for an internship for the towns intergration council.

    Doubtful if the local pork producers will see much of the winnings.


  • #81
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭wexie


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    WTF is a 'rainbow sheep'?

    LGBT sheep?


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  • #82
    Deise Vu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭Deise Vu


    Didnt some Midlands UK Council ban the use of the word Christmas?

    Noddy no longer has a sidekick called Big Ears either as apparently it's bullying.

    Surely the worst thing though is gender / racial quotas in employment. Imagine if you were the smartest black woman in the world yet everyone was smiling condesendingly at you assuming you were just their for compliance purposes.


  • #83
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Czarcasm wrote: »
    Actually there's one I'm only thinking of now- Do they still refer to it as a White Board in schools?

    ehh, yes...because it is a white board as opposed to a blackboard which is black.


  • #84
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    FloatingVoter wrote: »
    ehh, yes...because it is a white board as opposed to a blackboard which is black.

    I suspect a lot of schools etc use whiteboards now because of the dust that a blackboard creates, dust allergies and dust isn't great around computers.... plus you can use a whiteboard as a surface for a projector.


  • #85
    frank reynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 404 ✭✭frank reynolds


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    I suspect a lot of schools etc use whiteboards now because of the dust that a blackboard creates, dust allergies and dust isn't great around computers.... plus you can use a whiteboard as a surface for a projector.

    plus the dust might offend some of the people who dont like dust.


  • #86
    conorhal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,074 ✭✭✭conorhal


    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?"


    Then you'll hate me. For a laugh (a very long time ago) I decided to embellish my CV because by the end of college all I really had was a list of really sh1tty jobs on it, top of the list being 'Goods Transport Retrieval Engineer'.....



    ....Yeah, I collected trollies from the Superquinn carpark :pac:


  • #87
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,426 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Every morning when i go into the coffee shop i ask for a "black coffee". They always give me an "Americano"!! :)


  • #88
    Cody Pomeray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭Cody Pomeray


    conorhal wrote: »
    Then you'll hate me. For a laugh (a very long time ago) I decided to embelish my CV because by the end of college all I really had was a list of really sh1tty jobs on it, top of the list being 'Goods Transport Retrieval Enginner'.....



    ....Yeah, I collected trollies from the Superquinn carpark :pac:

    back when petrol pump owners could afford staff, I was a "fuel injection technician".


  • #89
    wuzziwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭wuzziwig


    1ZRed wrote: »
    When they change nigger to tiger in eenie meenie miney moe. It's not the same :(

    My kids say "catch a finger by the toe". That's just wrong.


  • #90
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    Cody Pomeray wrote: »
    back when petrol pump owners could afford staff, I was a "fuel injection technician".

    Technician is pushing it, engineer is where it crosses the line


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  • #91
    harney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭harney


    Nitty gritty is banned by some UK government departments because of its connections with slavery.


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