Phrases which offend..

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

SeanMac - Hardough

[mockney piers]

I imagine it did CWALD, but hopefully it gave you a chance to see Half Man Half Biscuit live?

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Mockney - nah but I did get to see Dead or Alive before they got big-ish

[mockney piers]

LOL, that probably explains alot!!! ;-)

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Anyway guys, it was nice ranting with you. Say hi if you see me and Hannibal (the staff mix) cycling past you, and I'll show you that not all chavs and their dogs r scary!!

[Mark]

re. the rude word stopper, it's set to '@#$%&' out c*nt, f*ck and tw*t (not twit)

[mockney piers]

really? tw*t? I'd never thought of it as that rude to be honest.

On the whole people have been pretty good at self censorship and I've yet to be genuinely offended by a post (well, not for swearing anyway).

Do you think the administrator should allow people to use those words for when they might be appropriate, or at least couched in such a way as hopefully not to be offensive.

I guess I could use woowoo and choochoo respectively instead.

[*Bob*]

Oh frock off, Mockney, you conch.

[Asset]

All well and good.

There is quite a lot of inverted snobbery which goes on on this site. People dissing the 'middle class yummie mummies' etc. Just thought I'd throw that in.

Does having a law degree (or any other professional qualification) not make one middle class by definition? Therefore CWALD is now a middle class chav.

I probably come from 'working class' paternal side and 'middle class' maternal side, where does that leave me? I can't bear all this class distinction.

[Brendan]

Class shmarsh.

[mockney piers]

lol *Bob*.

Mind you the Spics among us might find conch doubly amusing!!

[*Bob*]

Do tell.. what is a 'conch'?

If we get into (unintentionally) offensive words to be found in other countries, I might have to mention the packet of 'Coon' brand cheese Mrs *Bob* and I bought back from Australia.

[mockney piers]

Yes, I noticed Bimbo bread has made it from Spain to Italy now!! Bonka coffee is one of my faves too.

Concha is a conch, but in this case might be better translated to bearded clam *ahem*

[*Bob*]

I have a packet of 'Cock Soup' in the cupboard too. Delicious!

[Nero]

I have a thing about the 'c' word, by which I mean 'community', as in the X community or the Y community. It means nothing. Reporters etc should simply say 'X people' (eg deaf people, people of Asian/Celtic/etc origin'. I also don't like it when train drivers say 'next station stop'. Nero

[SeanMacGabhann]

now we are on to words which annoy rather than offend - but that has started me off!

"In terms of" is waaay overused by people these days - it doesn't even replace anything, people just ram it into any old sentence

[James]

Innit. Innit?

[*Bob*]

"Basically"

"In the Round"

"We can exclusively reveal"

[James]

"To celebrate the launch/opening/release of..."

PR bollox

[Brendan]

"It's your round"

[Asset]

thank gawd - I don't think I use any of them.

Mockney - you may be more of an authority on this, but I was told that the word Pajero (silly 4 x 4 jeep type thing name) means w@nker in Spanish.

Ha Ha for all those with a Pajero!

[mockney piers]

Ha ha, now we're talking.

CEO of my company made it into Birtspeak in Private Eye this issue with a sentence which more or less sums up how management consultancy has poisoned the language:

"Last.FM adds a terrific interactive extension to all of our properties and also a huge step in CBS Corporation's overall strategy of expanding our reach online to transition from a content company into an audience company.

We looked at a lot of companies to provide a base for CBS' investment in online reach, and found Last.FM to be poised at an inflection point balancing fast growth, a sticky community (there's that word again nero) and the opportunity for monetization that does not distract the user"

Gaaaaaaaah!

[LostThePlot]

The stones Lyrics...."Hey! You! Get off of my cloud"

Or people who say "Get off of the bus"

Mick, if you're reading this then

"Hey! You! Get off-a my cloud" would scan just as well...

Anyone else who does this...DON'T!

[mockney piers]

Feel free to laugh at pajeros in those mitsubishi jeeps Asset!!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Mockney

I've re-read that paragraph 3 times now and I get more annoyed each time!