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Thread: Now I'm not fan of sacking people for injudicious language, but a tory MP has been

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    Now I'm not fan of sacking people for injudicious language, but a tory MP has been

    recorded using the phrase 'n*gger in the woodpile'.

    Seriously, how stupid do you have to be to use that phrase publicly in 2017?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    recorded using the phrase 'n*gger in the woodpile'.

    Seriously, how stupid do you have to be to use that phrase publicly in 2017?
    Reminds me of a bloke I know who referred to the Pakistan cricket team as "Those cheating P*kis" on Facebook.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    Reminds me of a bloke I know who referred to the Pakistan cricket team as "Those cheating P*kis" on Facebook.
    On the Times of India, they talk about Porkis from Porkistan all the time. And get called cow-piss drinkers for their troubles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    Reminds me of a bloke I know who referred to the Pakistan cricket team as "Those cheating P*kis" on Facebook.
    But you can say TURKS? POLS, etc
    Everyone so scared of accidently saying it they even pronounce Pakistan with an R just in case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    Reminds me of a bloke I know who referred to the Pakistan cricket team as "Those cheating P*kis" on Facebook.
    I'm sure I read or heard somewhere that Australians use the P word all the time when discussing anyone from Pakistan and it's not frowned upon

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Vegas View Post
    But you can say TURKS? POLS, etc
    Everyone so scared of accidently saying it they even pronounce Pakistan with an R just in case.
    Used to be a nightmare working on a desktop-publishing system publishing system that was programmed to split Pakistan after the "i" in justified text. Also one used to slip through

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    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    I'm sure I read or heard somewhere that Australians use the P word all the time when discussing anyone from Pakistan and it's not frowned upon
    indeed, Aussies:shortening:
    “Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Vegas View Post
    But you can say TURKS? POLS, etc
    Everyone so scared of accidently saying it they even pronounce Pakistan with an R just in case.
    Brits are the worst though, in fairness.
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Used to be a nightmare working on a desktop-publishing system publishing system that was programmed to split Pakistan after the "i" in justified text. Also one used to slip through
    *****tone was a tricky one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
    indeed, Aussies:shortening:
    Yes, but these other shortenings have probably not so often have been yelled as a furious racial pejorative just prior to someone's head getting concaved.

    USians can't understand the sensitivity of the word either.

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