bonzo Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Conversation in the pub the night mind when you used tae say things that ur noo frowned upon like poof, lezzie,mongo we came up wae darkies wolleper supper oot the chippy fur a blackpuddin sorry if this offends but we were young in the 70s and 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernscum Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 This could be one of the shortest lived threads ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 See the sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Ok but only sayin that's how folk talked am no gaun aw Bernard manning here jist talkin aboot thing's that were in every day use but the world is noo a better place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Yeah and isn't it nice that we've moved on and hopefully will keep moving on despite that unbelievably backward step that we took a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Exactly that's aw am askin how much mare acceptable we ur noo The conversation we hud the night wiz stuff that wiz acceptable then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kps022000 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 It's not a case of acceptable and unacceptable or right and wrong. It's a case of acceptable and ignorance. All the phrases that were once 'common term' are now frowned upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Yip that's whit we wir on aboot You said stuff back then ignorantly you jist said words with no thought o whit you were talkin aboot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitre Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 a "black man" (chocolate nougat wafer) off the "tally" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 a "black man" (chocolate nougat wafer) off the "tally"My Grandmother used to send me for that from the ice cream van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanhibee Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 A blackboard is now a chalkboard although a whiteboard is still a whiteboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I use the word "coloured" - some folk dont sem to like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 A blackboard is now a chalkboard although a whiteboard is still a whiteboard. We still call them blackboards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 We still call them blackboardsA guy years ago on my fitba' bus used to throw his empty tins into a "Diana Ross" which when asked his reply was a black bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 In the sixties Tony Hart created a comic strip fur blue peter called paki the elephant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 In the sixties Tony Hart created a comic strip fur blue peter called paki the elephant Pachyderm. The language you choose to use reflects your attitude to that which the language conveys. Terms common 30+ years back are no longer used because attitudes have changed - for most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Aye but he never spelt it pachy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 My mum still uses the phrase " Do you think I come up the Clyde in a Banana boat?" Only recently did I find out that this was in relation to people from the West Indies/Africa arriving in Glasgow and just being naive to the Weegie patter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtscotland Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I once said "call a spade a spade" at a meeting where black people were present. No insult was intended but unfortunately some was taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Pachyderm. The language you choose to use reflects your attitude to that which the language conveys. Terms common 30+ years back are no longer used because attitudes have changed - for most. http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/04/14/oregon-zoo-asian-elephant-packy-turns-53/25774593/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Only Fools and Horses had a good few number of references that you wouldn't get away with nowadays. Most have been edited out now but there was one on at the weekend where Del Boy was selling watches in the market and they were £10 each but he said "£10 each but £15 tothe black guy at the back there" I think the guy in Porridge called McLean used to get called "Black Jock" When you watch On the Buses now the sexism in that is unreal!! Just wait till the Feminazi's see it ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 when i was at school almost every second insult contained the word 'black'. However it wasn't aimed as a racist insult it was questioning their lack of hygiene, area where they stayed, family finances, etc. 'blacko', 'black neck', 'black barsteward' etc. The other 50% of the time it was disability based. 'spazzy', 'mongo'. etc. aren't children lovely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I once said "call a spade a spade" at a meeting where black people were present. No insult was intended but unfortunately some was taken. Whats wrong with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernscum Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Whats wrong with that? That's what i was thinking I think we are falling behind the pace in this ultra PC environment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Whats wrong with that?A spade was the term given to a black man when digging roads and laying rail tracks. If a hole needed to be dug a shout would go out for a spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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