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Load of carp

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Load of carp

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Postby 88V8 » November 24th, 2021, 11:32 am

During the summer we hear that batsmen are now to be called batters, and today I see this... French fishers are set to take action within days, including blocking road and sea freight bound for the UK through Calais and other Channel ports.... Guardian

So, anything with the suffix men is to be abolished? Or is it just the Grauniad?

Frogmen, pitmen, seamen, binmen...

What a load of carp.

V8

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby Mike4 » November 24th, 2021, 11:53 am

Bitumen?

Anyway carpe diem, or "Another crap day" as some people believe it means.

Whereas it actually means "Today,l I'm going fishing".

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby Dod101 » November 24th, 2021, 12:02 pm

88V8 wrote:During the summer we hear that batsmen are now to be called batters, and today I see this... French fishers are set to take action within days, including blocking road and sea freight bound for the UK through Calais and other Channel ports.... Guardian

So, anything with the suffix men is to be abolished? Or is it just the Grauniad?

Frogmen, pitmen, seamen, binmen...

What a load of carp.

V8


Frog people. The French I suppose?

Seamen? That's easy, seafarers.

Binmen? Waste operatives to you if you don't mind.

PItmen? Don't think we have had any in this country for a long while.

Dod

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby pje16 » November 24th, 2021, 12:07 pm

Dod101 wrote:Binmen? Waste operatives to you if you don't mind.
Dod

Actually, Refuse collectors
Operatives work on site
but all better than Binmen :lol:

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby MaraMan » November 24th, 2021, 12:07 pm

I wonder when we will have to refer to Prince Anne, as I see Actress is no longer acceptable in some circles.

MM

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby UncleEbenezer » November 24th, 2021, 12:50 pm

MaraMan wrote:I wonder when we will have to refer to Prince Anne, as I see Actress is no longer acceptable in some circles.

MM

As the bishop said to the actor?

Before falling victim to Newspeak, "man" and "men" had two meanings: either male (by contrast with woman/women) or unisex, typically when describing a role or collective. On the other hand, "actor" was a clear male, albeit commonly a luvvie.

Words making diametrically opposite transitions. It's the language that's under attack!

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby Dod101 » November 24th, 2021, 4:51 pm

pje16 wrote:
Dod101 wrote:Binmen? Waste operatives to you if you don't mind.
Dod

Actually, Refuse collectors
Operatives work on site
but all better than Binmen :lol:


OK, I thought they were all the same.

Dod

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby tjh290633 » November 24th, 2021, 7:56 pm

That will be Romanian Carp, I suppose. They do have an idiosyncratic spelling which refects the nature of the beast.

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Re: Load of carp

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Postby bungeejumper » November 25th, 2021, 11:24 am

pje16 wrote:Actually, Refuse collectors
Operatives work on site
but all better than Binmen :lol:

You mean dusters, surely? ;)

And what's wrong with cookers, posters and lifters?

BJ


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