seanbeaner   10 #169 Posted February 20, 2015 My kids are still getting taught baa baa black sheep at nursery x  Careful they might turn out racist Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Halibut   12 #170 Posted February 20, 2015 Kids in Scotland have to call it a wipe board now.  Wrong. What you are hearing is 'white board'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
aliceBB Â Â 10 #171 Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Right. Here's another one to exercise your minds: Â 'The black economy'. Â Definitely negative connotations, but nothing to do with black people. Should its use be discouraged? Â Discuss. Edited February 20, 2015 by aliceBB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
skinz   10 #172 Posted February 20, 2015 Right. Here's another one to exercise your minds: 'The black economy'.  Definitely negative connotations, but nothing to do with black people. Should its use be discouraged?  Discuss.  You're doing it again aren't you. Some heads will be exploding. Cruel woman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
aliceBB Â Â 10 #173 Posted February 20, 2015 You're doing it again aren't you. Some heads will be exploding. Cruel woman. Â 'Fraid so. Some people are just going to have to go and lie down in a darkened room. Oops, perhaps not. A room devoid of natural or artificial light, I mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Charlie48   10 #174 Posted February 20, 2015 No , i call it a Blackboard , because thats exactly what it is , and thats what it was when i was at school in the 70`s. Only a complete PC obsessed moron would call it chalkboard. ---------- Post added 08-02-2015 at 18:19 ----------    They are openly available on Ebay here, so the word is obviously not illegal  http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=gollywog&_from=R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xgollywog+badge&_nkw=gollywog+badge&_sacat=0  Who's the moron? You are so angry.....You need to take a pill or start getting some... or getting some more.  Are you the language police or something? Chalkboard seems perfectly descriptive to me (your own definition).  Anyway, I thought all the blackboards were green in the '70's!  And I think you would find it would be an offence to use that word in certain circumstances or contexts - you could be charged with inciting racial hatred. Switch your brain on, Penistone. There's no such thing as an "illegal" word. You can't even be arrested for calling someone STUPID.  Why don't you come into the 21st century. It's lovely and warm.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mort   10 #175 Posted February 23, 2015 Bickering and insults removed. Back on topic please and without the personal attacks this time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   220 #176 Posted March 8, 2015 I just looked at the label of a pair of Asda bought trousers, it says black/***** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
skinz   10 #177 Posted March 9, 2015 I just looked at the label of a pair of Asda bought trousers, it says black/*****   The last word got Blacked out.  Oooops! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   220 #178 Posted March 9, 2015 The last word got Blacked out. Oooops!  I think it used to be the medical term for black, starts with N ends in O Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #179 Posted March 9, 2015 *****? N e g r o ? The spanish word for Black?  What about Negroid, one of the "5 races of man" or Caucasian?  Seems like the filter is a bit on the sensitive side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...