mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bloody sun. I invented that one (along with about > a million others). > Racist my big fat arse. It's the French for > blimmin eck's sake, it's a weird form of > affection. Sorry it is racist, we all pooh pooh the lazy use of stereotypical phrases, why is this an exception pray tell? So if this ok then presumably spick is ok as is wop, wog, nigger, pikey, diddycoy, bubble, itie, greasy dago, thick paddy etc. Do you think any of these are acceptable? I certainly don't.