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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7457287.stm
"My employers (top half of FTSE 100) recently informed staff that we are no longer allowed to use the phrase brain storm because it might have negative connotations associated with fits. We must now take idea showers."
Reminds me of this classic Carlin bit on Soft Language, Enjoy!

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I feel sorry for the American sprinter named Tyson Gay who on Mississipi internet sports site is referred to as Tyson Homosexual.

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101Walterton wrote:I feel sorry for the American sprinter named Tyson Gay who on Mississipi internet sports site is referred to as Tyson Homosexual.
I wonder if that is one of those "Boy Named Sue" sort of deals.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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That's the Carlin bit that got me into writing and looking at how people 'pervert the English language,' as Carlin put it. One of his best bits.
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noyield wrote:That's the Carlin bit that got me into writing and looking at how people 'pervert the English language,' as Carlin put it. One of his best bits.
Carlin and Orwell both opened my eyes to the modern use of language, which is to hinder honest communication. That the former did it while making us laugh caused too many, unfortunately, to miss his deadly serious point.
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I love that bit, one of his best. I have to say though that I think he's off-base with the cripple bit. If I may:
Etymology

Anglo-Saxon crypel, cognate with crēopan, "to creep", "to crawl"; confer Dutch kreupel, German Krüppel, Old Norse cryppill.
I think it's hard to say there's no negative connotation with the etymology of the word. Even if you assume that originally the term was just used to refer to people who couldn't walk, both "creep" and "crawl" are loaded terms, plus it's inaccurate to use a term that describes a certain type of movement as a blanket reference for all handicapped people.

Most of his other examples are illustrative of top-down language manipulation designed to keep people increasingly complacent. I think the rejection of "cripple" as an acceptable word (much like the rejection of "nigger" or "negro") doesn't jive with the rest because it's an example of a bottom-up change in language with the goal of diminishing built-in prejudices within our society.

In any case, it's still a really funny bit.
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In some, perhaps most, live performances of "Medicine Show" Mick sings "drunkard" instead of the original "cripple" as in "Makes a hopeless cripple/drunkard dance." :shifty:
Flex wrote:In any case, it's still a really funny bit.
Yeah, and thanks so much for sucking all the funny out of it with your uber-wonky analysis ... :mrgreen:
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Spiff wrote:
Flex wrote:In any case, it's still a really funny bit.
Yeah, and thanks so much for sucking all the funny out of it with your uber-wonky analysis ... :mrgreen:
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Wolter wrote:
Spiff wrote:
Flex wrote:In any case, it's still a really funny bit.
Yeah, and thanks so much for sucking all the funny out of it with your uber-wonky analysis ... :mrgreen:
He's a robot. They have problems with that.
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matedog wrote:
101Walterton wrote:I feel sorry for the American sprinter named Tyson Gay who on Mississipi internet sports site is referred to as Tyson Homosexual.
I wonder if that is one of those "Boy Named Sue" sort of deals.
Apparently they had banned the word gay as derogatory so only used the correct term homosexual which they deemed the PC thing to do even though the guys actual name was Gay !!

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101Walterton wrote:
matedog wrote:
101Walterton wrote:I feel sorry for the American sprinter named Tyson Gay who on Mississipi internet sports site is referred to as Tyson Homosexual.
I wonder if that is one of those "Boy Named Sue" sort of deals.
Apparently they had banned the word gay as derogatory so only used the correct term homosexual which they deemed the PC thing to do even though the guys actual name was Gay !!
I heard it autocorrected.
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Wolter wrote:
101Walterton wrote:
matedog wrote:
101Walterton wrote:I feel sorry for the American sprinter named Tyson Gay who on Mississipi internet sports site is referred to as Tyson Homosexual.
I wonder if that is one of those "Boy Named Sue" sort of deals.
Apparently they had banned the word gay as derogatory so only used the correct term homosexual which they deemed the PC thing to do even though the guys actual name was Gay !!
I heard it autocorrected.
but that wouldnt be very funny.

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101Walterton wrote:
Wolter wrote:
101Walterton wrote:
matedog wrote:
101Walterton wrote:I feel sorry for the American sprinter named Tyson Gay who on Mississipi internet sports site is referred to as Tyson Homosexual.
I wonder if that is one of those "Boy Named Sue" sort of deals.
Apparently they had banned the word gay as derogatory so only used the correct term homosexual which they deemed the PC thing to do even though the guys actual name was Gay !!
I heard it autocorrected.
but that wouldnt be very funny.
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Wolter wrote:
101Walterton wrote:
Wolter wrote:
101Walterton wrote:
matedog wrote: I wonder if that is one of those "Boy Named Sue" sort of deals.
Apparently they had banned the word gay as derogatory so only used the correct term homosexual which they deemed the PC thing to do even though the guys actual name was Gay !!
I heard it autocorrected.
but that wouldnt be very funny.
The truth never is.
Now you're starting to sound like me. That's the spirit!
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Flex wrote:
Wolter wrote:
101Walterton wrote:
Wolter wrote:
101Walterton wrote: Apparently they had banned the word gay as derogatory so only used the correct term homosexual which they deemed the PC thing to do even though the guys actual name was Gay !!
I heard it autocorrected.
but that wouldnt be very funny.
The truth never is.
Now you're starting to sound like me. That's the spirit!
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