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Originally Posted by Michael1954
There is nothing wrong with using the word pike because pike is not the word banned, rightly or wrongly, by the moderators. I think you know that. As for the word mong, well Margaret P says her family used it as a shortened form of mongrel, whereas others use it as a shortened form of mongoloid, meaning spastic or a retarded person. The latter usage was certainly the intent of Ricky Gervais.
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I am aware that the word 'mong' has other interpretations, but the interpretation that we used at home caused no offence to anyone.
This is where the PC brigade get it wrong....they
assume a word to have an offensive interpretation when that
might not be the case.
I think we have all become a bit too rigid/sensitive about things. We need to take the pole out of our backsides and get on with living our lives......stop trying to read into words things that aren't there...sometimes the pussyfooting around causes just as much anguish as coming out and saying what you really mean about something.
Now, I'll just duck and dodge the red stuff.