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Load of carp
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- Lemon Half
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Load of carp
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
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
Bitumen?
Anyway carpe diem, or "Another crap day" as some people believe it means.
Whereas it actually means "Today,l I'm going fishing".
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
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
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
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Re: Load of carp
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
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
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
OK, I thought they were all the same.
Dod
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Re: Load of carp
That will be Romanian Carp, I suppose. They do have an idiosyncratic spelling which refects the nature of the beast.
TJH
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Re: Load of carp
pje16 wrote:Actually, Refuse collectors
Operatives work on site
but all better than Binmen
You mean dusters, surely?
And what's wrong with cookers, posters and lifters?
BJ
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