Are we really becoming this PC these days???

[lordlundar]

Hey, anything that ruins the song "Deck the Halls" is fine by me.

Honestly, in some cases I think that people take it all way to far. Like that Fort Gay kid who got banned from Xbox Live for using Offensive Terminology when he entered his address.

Kid? You have an odd definition there.

Anyways, the worst part about that was when he gave global position coordinates to the MS CSR and they called him a liar without even bothering to look it up.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Kid? You have an odd definition there.

Anyways, the worst part about that was when he gave global position coordinates to the MS CSR and they called him a liar without even bothering to look it up.

If that's the case, then anyone who registers who's from these places had better lie and say they're from London.

[HYHYBT]

The word "gay" in old songs just offers the chance for people to make uninspired puns. It's not going to confuse anybody, and it's not going to offend anyone... except, perhaps, for some of the type who wish that were the word's only meaning. Which is their problem.

[Ginger Tea]

Like that Fort Gay kid who got banned from Xbox Live for using Offensive Terminology when he entered his address.

When domestic internet was taking off in the late 90's in the UK a whole town was banned due to filters bleeping out the name.

As if Scunthorpe didn't have enough to deal with.

I read it on the wiki so salt pinches at the ready, around the time of Jack The Ripper there was one Grope Cunt Lane.

[Lace Neil Singer]

There's a place near where I live called Pratt's Bottom, so it's entirely possible. XD

[hinakiba777]

There is a place in Newfoundland called Dildo. I mean a lot of places have "inappropriate" names. Up until now the issue was just immature people, but now we have oversensitive companies bawking at words without context.

[Ginger Tea]

Off topic but ...

There is a Korean song with the line "mal dolliji malgo" not sure if it's an accurate transliteration, first one I found and I am too lazy, when I hear the line I always hear "My dildo hardcore"

[fireheart17]

The word "gay" in old songs just offers the chance for people to make uninspired puns. It's not going to confuse anybody, and it's not going to offend anyone... except, perhaps, for some of the type who wish that were the word's only meaning. Which is their problem.

There was a bit of drama recently with someone trying to change the last line of the song "Kookaburra" to avoid the term "gay". He claimed it was because the kids would roll around on the floor laughing otherwise. >.>

Ignoring the fact that there's a second verse of the song more commonly sung by schoolchildren because of the toilet humour involved

[Kelmon]

I don't see the problem. Language changes over time. They updated an old phrase to still reflect the original meaning, nothing political about this at all.


Or are we all homophobes/PC fanatics because we no longer use the word "gay" to mean "fun" in conversations?

[Racket_Man]

There is a place in Newfoundland called Dildo. I mean a lot of places have "inappropriate" names. Up until now the issue was just immature people, but now we have oversensitive companies bawking at words without context.

There is a town not far from me called Dyckesville.

[wolfie]

Sounds like it's time to crack open a bottle of Mount Gay rum.

I wonder what the PC folks want to call the "cardboard bin on a skid" that's used to ship stuff like plastic pellets - it's called a "gaylord".

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[Jester]

Sounds like it's time to crack open a bottle of Mount Gay rum.

Clearly. And many of you may remember the mental midget who asked me three years ago the Hall of Fame stupid question: "That Mount Gay Rum, is that a rum designed for gay people to drink?"

I didn't mention Cockspur Rum or Big Black Dick Rum to him......

[Panacea]

There is a town not far from me called Dyckesville.

There's a place near me called "Horneytown." It's a real place; one of my students worked with their fire department and got me a couple of their T shirts.

[hinakiba777]

I FOUND IT! This is a clip from A bit of Fry and Laurie about the word gay being hijacked from the English language. It begins to get more obscure, but it's fitting for this.