Words we mustn't use

[JoeyD]

And 'Joey'

You rang ?

[mudskipper]

it was also the 'normal' word used as the collective term for 'the handicapped', hence the organisations that existed at the time having the word 'spastic' in their names.

It was a specific term for people with cerebral palsy. Spasticity refers to the muscular problems that characterise the condition, which AFAIK is a problem with physical control, not with mental handicap.

[VectraMan]

And 'Joey'

Joey is the one I remember most from school, usually followed by a noise that I don't think I can type.

[d000hg]

FTFY

I don't think you know what "red-neck" means. I doubt Cornwall has the climate.

[stek]

it was also the 'normal' word used as the collective term for 'the handicapped', hence the organisations that existed at the time having the word 'spastic' in their names.

Indeed 'Spazzy Darren' is still a legend in Bolton...

[stek]

You rang ?

u-tang?

[jjdarg]

I don't think you know what "red-neck" means. I doubt Cornwall has the religious history.

FTFY
Popular misconception, redneck came from the use of red kerchiefs to denote Presbyterian/Covenanter leanings amongst the Scots-Irish settlers of the South, and not from the back of the neck being sunburned.

[d000hg]

FTFY
Popular misconception, redneck came from the use of red kerchiefs to denote Presbyterian/Covenanter leanings amongst the Scots-Irish settlers of the South, and not from the back of the neck being sunburned.

Reference?

[alluvial]

I feel that since rappers can get away with saying the n-word by changing the end spelling to g-g-a, it should be socially acceptable to spell the c-word with a k, therefore no longer making it the c-word.

Don't be a silly bunt.

[NotAllThere]

FTFY
Popular misconception, redneck came from the use of red kerchiefs to denote Presbyterian/Covenanter leanings amongst the Scots-Irish settlers of the South, and not from the back of the neck being sunburned.

Twaddle. It comes from having the back of the neck scrubbed raw after having a wash (for the first time in years) just prior to appearing before the judge.

(Actually, the term has different meanings and therefore different origins in different places).