Is free speech a thing of the past in England.

[tinfoilhat]

So is a blackboard still called a blackboard or not ,if not why.

 

Yes. They are blackboards. Unless they're white, then they're whiteboards.

[melthebell]

Yes. They are blackboards. Unless they're white, then they're whiteboards.

but blackboards can also be called chalk boards, even if theyre black erm why arent whiteboards called penboards??? i smell pc trickery

[Phanerothyme]

For instance the word gay has been deemed to be some one who now bats for the other side.

 

I remember when Gay was a lovely, happy word for a homosexual, and lament the recent twisting of its meaning to "not very good" by the yoof.

 

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Yes. They are blackboards. Unless they're white, then they're whiteboards.

 

Just to be clear, what colour were whiteboards again?

 

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And more importantly what colour are chalkboards? Are they the green ones we had at school?

[Halibut]

So is a blackboard still called a blackboard or not ,if not why.

 

Wake up for crying out loud. They're white these days.

[nikki-red]

So is a blackboard still called a blackboard or not ,if not why.

 

 

Well I bought a tin of blackboard paint from Wilkinsons last week, so yeah, a blackboard is still called a blackboard.

[Mister M]

Wake up for crying out loud. They're white these days.

 

I think Albert's gone for a lie down, it's all getting a bit confusing for him.

[St Petre]

They didn't. You clearly haven't been near a school in decades, nor read the thread. They're called whiteboards because they're white.

Geez.

 

Yes right, I left school in 1962 and the 'writing' boards were green then.

[phil752]

They didn't. You clearly haven't been near a school in decades, nor read the thread. They're called whiteboards because they're white.

Geez.

 

what a load of tosh, you do say some, dry comment, mainly non of substance but this has got to be low for you

 

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Yes right, I left school in 1962 and the 'writing' boards were green then.

 

they are called white boards because they are white duh end of, or are we saying it is rascal against white people

[Ontarian1981]

Yes. They are blackboards. Unless they're white, then they're whiteboards.

 

If the notorious pirate Blackbeard had behaved himself, he might have lived a bit longer and have been called Whitebeard. Then again he was decapitated, so Redbeard would have been more appropriate at the end.

[phil752]

If the notorious pirate Blackbeard had behaved himself, he might have lived a bit longer and have been called Whitebeard. Then again he was decapitated, so Redbeard would have been more appropriate at the end.

 

wow, i follow that pithy comment, but not sure of the point your trying to say?