Now I'm no fan of retrospective political correctness, but on balance, even I'll

[Monty92]

How old is he claiming to be, out of interest?

Born in 76

[Burney]

I might argue that words are not offensive in isolation, they only become offensive when used offensively; furthermore these place names, whilst existing in the modern day, also have a clear historical context and tell us something of the mores of the settlers who named them, just as the book tells us of the mores of the US south in the 30s.

I might argue that, but I probably can't be ársed.

Yes. And those facts about the early settlers still exist. We are still able to draw those conclusions. No-one is attempting to delete these place names from history, merely to make the town names themselves less offensive to modern sensibilities and thus more user-friendly.

Besides, it's no different to what we did to Gropecünt Lane.

[Luis Anaconda]

Yes. And those facts about the early settlers still exist. We are still able to draw those conclusions. No-one is attempting to delete these place names from history, merely to make the town names themselves less offensive to modern sensibilities and thus more user-friendly.

Besides, it's no different to what we did to Gropecünt Lane.

Renamed it Pennsylvannia Avenue?

[Burney]

Born in 76

He really is taking the pïss, Jonathan

[Brentwood]

concede that this is probably fair enough...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ace-names.html

Reminds me of my favourite ever clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRcaPNwjOYM

[Pat Vegas]

concede that this is probably fair enough...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ace-names.html

Would be great if they changed it to Nwordhead

[Sir C]

Reminds me of my favourite ever clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRcaPNwjOYM

Awkward.

[eastgermanautos]

I might argue that words are not offensive in isolation, they only become offensive when used offensively; furthermore these place names, whilst existing in the modern day, also have a clear historical context and tell us something of the mores of the settlers who named them, just as the book tells us of the mores of the US south in the 30s.

I might argue that, but I probably can't be ársed.

The mores of the settlers? Haha. The mores is they were a bunch of fvckheads, one step ahead of the law in their old countries.

[Sir C]

The mores of the settlers? Haha. The mores is they were a bunch of fvckheads, one step ahead of the law in their old countries.

Thank you Edward Gibbon.

[eastgermanautos]

Thank you Edward Gibbon.

I have a pal, as I probably mentioned here before, who has done a graphic novel of DAFOTRE.