I was taking a group of building service engineers through the 18th. We were discussing the use of Appendix 5. One chap was very exercised about the BA3 category which is described as utilization-capability-handicapped. He claims the latter word was exorcised from common parlance years ago and would be offensive to many. I am not that politically correct but maybe he has a valid argument,.
Up here in the North (Well Northish - I think Lancashire/Yorkshire is about middle Britain) we sometimes find folk saying "I speak as I find" Now I think that can be a bit harsh , whereas "Calling a spade a spade" (instead of a shovel) is perfectly OK and unoffensive to me.
Years ago we got folk complaing about - Yer actual Afl Garnett . What a show that was.
Folk missed the point. Alf spouted his racism, sexism bigotory every week whilst turning it into a kind of logic (in his own mind).
It was always the coloured guy or the woman that won, never Alf. That was the whole point of the show.
Up here in the North (Well Northish - I think Lancashire/Yorkshire is about middle Britain) we sometimes find folk saying "I speak as I find" Now I think that can be a bit harsh , whereas "Calling a spade a spade" (instead of a shovel) is perfectly OK and unoffensive to me.
Years ago we got folk complaing about - Yer actual Afl Garnett . What a show that was.
Folk missed the point. Alf spouted his racism, sexism bigotory every week whilst turning it into a kind of logic (in his own mind).
It was always the coloured guy or the woman that won, never Alf. That was the whole point of the show.
