Nurses Home :: The Sluice :: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries? ~ Runboard

RSS

runboard.com       Register for a free global account (learn about it) | Log in: (), globally (lost password?)


Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6 

 
Uberposter
With the wisdom of solomon
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Location: NW MIDS
Posts: 6147
Avatar
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

quote:
mad jock wrote:

At least we got the Calcutta Cup! emoticon Well done the Taffs!!! (am I allowed to call them that?)

As a half Taff I don't mind, but I await the bile to be spat out by the PC brigade who will undoubtedly be offended by it.



---
The dense seriousness of small minds prevails.

Barry, RMN RGN (ret.)

A page of history is worth a pound of logic.
17/Mar/08, 9:02 Send Email to Uberposter     Send PM to Uberposter   Blog  
 
Glitter1
Trained with Florence
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Posts: 7486
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

I think Simpson has given a perfectly reasonable explanation of when such terms are ok and when not it is spitting them out with loathing that does it Uber. Saying it within a derogatory context is not the same as being jokey nor is it the same as someone who is from that country using the term themselves.
17/Mar/08, 10:58  
 
Uberposter
With the wisdom of solomon
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Location: NW MIDS
Posts: 6147
Avatar
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

Yes well Glitter you are a european, and that is a statement, which is meant as a total personal insult, by a true patriotic Brit.

---
The dense seriousness of small minds prevails.

Barry, RMN RGN (ret.)

A page of history is worth a pound of logic.
17/Mar/08, 16:30 Send Email to Uberposter     Send PM to Uberposter   Blog  
 
Kylie Selassie
One of the gang
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Posts: 5907
Avatar
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

quote:
Uberposter wrote:

Yes well Glitter you are a european

Look at the map uber. By definition, you're European too, like it or not. And it says what exactly on your passport?



 emoticon emoticon emoticon

---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndUWo05U0Ao&feature=related
17/Mar/08, 17:00  
 
Glitter1
Trained with Florence
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Posts: 7486
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

I am British and European because I come from the continent of Europe and was born in England. Both of those things are facts Uber and incontestable just as you are both.
17/Mar/08, 17:03  
 
Uberposter
With the wisdom of solomon
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Location: NW MIDS
Posts: 6147
Avatar
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

If you were born in England, which is situated on an island, called Great Britain, you were not born on the continent of europe. There are so many diverse cultures and creeds and ethnicities on that continent there is clearly no such thing as a european.

---
The dense seriousness of small minds prevails.

Barry, RMN RGN (ret.)

A page of history is worth a pound of logic.
18/Mar/08, 11:24 Send Email to Uberposter     Send PM to Uberposter   Blog  
 
Kylie Selassie
One of the gang
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Posts: 5907
Avatar
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

Image

---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndUWo05U0Ao&feature=related
18/Mar/08, 12:39  
 
Uberposter
With the wisdom of solomon
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Location: NW MIDS
Posts: 6147
Avatar
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

quote:
Kylie Selassie wrote:

Image

I like your picture of the europhile minority in this country.



---
The dense seriousness of small minds prevails.

Barry, RMN RGN (ret.)

A page of history is worth a pound of logic.
19/Mar/08, 15:53 Send Email to Uberposter     Send PM to Uberposter   Blog  
 
Kylie Selassie
One of the gang
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Posts: 5907
Avatar
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

No, it's a picture of somebody who thinks that EU aside, Britain isn't geographically in Europe.

---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndUWo05U0Ao&feature=related
19/Mar/08, 16:19  
 
Glitter1
Trained with Florence
Global user

Registered: 02-2005
Posts: 7486
Reply  Quote
Re: What terminology is offensive for people from other countries?

Actually I think it is more like this Kylie! Image
19/Mar/08, 16:46  
 


Add a reply

Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6 






Link to us   -  Blogs   -  Hall of Honour   -  Chat
You are not logged in (login)      Board's time is: 29/Nov/09, 21:08