Woke terminology hits woodwork

[Andy Kev.]

Vann,

the dog's name was indeed deemed a big problem. Was it Stephen Fry who got the job of writing the script? He decided to change the dog's name.

The problem is that because the dog was hit and killed by a car very shortly before the raid, Guy Gibson decided to honour it by using its name as the codeword for a successful breaching of (I think) the Moehne Dam.

To change the name is to insult the intelligence of all viewers of the film, irrespective of their ethnicity, as it implies that the film makers believe that they can't cope with the realities of history. It seems a bit weird that we're supposed to be capable of dealing with the horrors shown in, say, Schindler's List and of course we are, yet we cannot cope with the notion that the conventions governing the naming of pets was not the same in the past as it is now. It's also worth remembering that films like Amistad have been made (which I found to be one of the most gut wrenching films I've ever seen) but I needed to know the reality so as to understand the history involved.

IMO the bottom line is: we're not children, we can cope with history.

 

[Boringgeoff]

There are plenty of examples of innocent or deliberate misinterpretation of words. On the farm, a ballcock used to regulate water flow to a tank or trough, would sometimes raise a smirk from the unaware. One of my relative's surname is Dick, her daughter-in-law refused to take that name or allow their kids to have it, the stupid woman, in my opinion, only drew attention to the name by her actions.
The wife of one of our son's is English, we were assembling a barbeque we had bought them, running through the components checklist, she thought the flange nuts were hilarious.
Cheers,
Geoff.

 

[Vann]

...All I can say is that I'm bloody glad that I have lived when I did...

"did" Roger? That's past tense. Is there something you haven't told us? And what's it like up there? :mrgreen:

Cheers, Vann.

 

[RogerS]

...All I can say is that I'm bloody glad that I have lived when I did...

"did" Roger? That's past tense. Is there something you haven't told us? And what's it like up there? :mrgreen:

Cheers, Vann.

Dunno, mate...but it's currently Hell down here with TOAS.

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

Remember the Vietnamese girl who got the skin burned off her back by a napalm strike? One of her names was Phuc

I once taught a Hong Kong-based lad called ****** Fok. In those days, 1980's, up to A level was "surname only" in addressing an individual pupil. There was an initial frisson of amusement among the unwashed when you called the register, but it soon wore off after a couple of class question sessions, especially if you kept a dead-pan expression.

It strikes me that a lot of "politically correct" individuals and statements issued by them, which are then aggressively pursued by them is simple self-aggrandisement. That is, they gain notice, position and reputation by yelling long, hard and loud over something many people regard as inconsequential. (N.B. I am not for a moment saying that we should not draw attention to unresolved injustices for example, where proof exists, but is just neglected). Trumpworld...sorry, politics, I will wash my virtual mouth out with soap... is an ad nauseam example of this, but there are other, less consequential, even amusing, examples.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The only two boys called by their forenames when I was at school were two brothers called Saravanamuttu.

 

[Blackswanwood]

The only two boys called by their forenames when I was at school were two brothers called Saravanamuttu.

Why was that?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I suppose masters had a problem pronouncing the surname.

 

[Blackswanwood]

I suppose masters had a problem pronouncing the surname.

Shame they didn’t ask for some help from the boys concerned as to how to pronounce it so they could have been treated the same as everyone else. Hope that doesn’t make me woke!

 

[AndyP]

A favourite saying of my father “you can call me anything you want but don’t call me late for dinner.”

 

[AndyP]

Folks due to a number of member complaints the mod team have decided that this thread has run it course and it is time we locked it.There is far to much good going on around this forum to risk upsetting folks with some polarising opinions.
We all owe it to ourselves and others to keep some of our thoughts on certain subjects to ourselves.