tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post1846126874552085247..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Grow Up!Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-74607281180899877622010-10-18T19:09:39.962+01:002010-10-18T19:09:39.962+01:00Nige, my fault. I don't think anything, or any...Nige, my fault. I don't think anything, or anyone, here is anti-American. <br /><br />Maybe a little bit of irritation on my part at hearing things like that pretty much every day. I know most of it is in fun, but a stalagmite grows by drips.<br /><br />But I agree with your point entirely. Where ever the word comes from, it's annoying.Ron Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852012772573977515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-78282669736740032282010-10-18T14:01:33.159+01:002010-10-18T14:01:33.159+01:00Lord - thanks for that troubling headline Peter.
...Lord - thanks for that troubling headline Peter. <br />And Ron, don't worry - this blog is anything but anti-American, and I personally think American English has done a lot to refresh and enrich the homegrown version.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-254478189149279342010-10-17T21:14:05.589+01:002010-10-17T21:14:05.589+01:00Richard, not it's not. I'm 46 years old an...Richard, not it's not. I'm 46 years old and I've never used the "p" word in my life, nor has anyone in my family, or circle of friends. I never heard an extended use of it until I moved to the UK.<br /><br />Don't be so quick to blame everythiing on Americans. Also, even if it were an American term, no Brit has ever had a gun held to their head and been forced to use the word. It would have been completely voluntary, if it were an American issue. <br /><br />If a country chooses to let anything American permeate the culture of that country, it is the fault of that particular country, not the United States.Ron Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852012772573977515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-52565534804978671022010-10-17T13:15:00.863+01:002010-10-17T13:15:00.863+01:00Nige, I thought you would love this headline.
Mmm...Nige, I thought you would love this <a href="http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Lifestyle/Whale-poo-good-for-the-Earth.aspx?cp-documentID=25951086" rel="nofollow">headline</a>.<br /><br />Mmm...seafood!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-58506465760974656672010-10-17T12:30:58.511+01:002010-10-17T12:30:58.511+01:00Is this not another case of an american euphemism ...Is this not another case of an american euphemism creeping its way into our speech. Away with them all.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-85493671215703348392010-10-15T17:52:08.469+01:002010-10-15T17:52:08.469+01:00But of course Dick - tho he too was a pooist.But of course Dick - tho he too was a pooist.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-4622766991515372392010-10-15T17:12:12.369+01:002010-10-15T17:12:12.369+01:00Bring back Oddie!Bring back Oddie!Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-24704112313508508342010-10-15T16:48:53.135+01:002010-10-15T16:48:53.135+01:00Hoho I can just see that Mark! Exactly the kind of...Hoho I can just see that Mark! Exactly the kind of thing Packham would do...<br />Yes the parallel takeover of F*** etc is interesting - inevitable, I suppose, now that the crudely infantile 'shag' has become nearly as neutral and universal as 'poo'. What a world eh?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-65936468643797238132010-10-15T14:51:35.222+01:002010-10-15T14:51:35.222+01:00Perhaps it's just cheap programming? After all...Perhaps it's just cheap programming? After all, "poo" - dread word! - doesn't hide in a burrow or forage only at night. In fact it just sits there and appears completely unconcerned even by the close approach of humans. I'm waiting for Chris Packham to produce a particuarly fine example from his pocket and explain to Kate that it's one of his favourite keepsakes. The man with the funny hair can then host a straight-faced studio discussion of this exciting new pastime.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-4498144841912449552010-10-15T13:29:17.310+01:002010-10-15T13:29:17.310+01:00It's interesting to juxtapose this development...It's interesting to juxtapose this development with Brit's post at the Dabbler on the modern ubiquity of the F-word and other extreme vulgarisms. I shudder to think we are headed towards films and TV shows with dialogue like: "F--k, man, do I ever have to make a pee pee!".Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-48696203692020045832010-10-15T13:26:07.659+01:002010-10-15T13:26:07.659+01:00Blimey, does Attenborough use it? What next?
&quo...Blimey, does Attenborough use it? What next?<br /><br />"We have searched all night for the white tiger in vain. But at last...a sign! Vikram, our guide, has found a great big pile of tiger doodie plop plops...Pee-yew!"Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com