British Council Boss Attacks Prince George

[mushroom25]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/25/british-council-boss-attacks-prince-george-for-white-privilege-a/

fair comment on UK culture by a representative paid to promote it? after all, many UK citizens hold the same republican view....

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// Ringo Starr! ///

Thank goodness we still have a Monarchy.

[anotheoldgit]

jno

/// andy hughes, I think you'll find aog has spotted an imaginary racist reference in the old English word spade. ///

Not imaginary, look it up, it may be an old English word for a spade, but we don't live in old England now and meanings change, take the word 'GAY'?

[Baldric]

http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=SPADE&title=21st

[anotheoldgit]

From your link

/// 2/ offensive slang a black person, especially a male with very dark skin. ///

[Mamyalynne]

I find it more concerning that someone with such a highly paid job has only just noticed we have a Royal Family.

Has she been away somewhere?

[Mamyalynne]

Just say shovel - it's easier,




ps Yes I know they're in reality different.

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

/// Just say shovel - it's easier, ///

No not quite the same, one couldn't say "Calling a Spade a Shovel"

Not the same tool Mam, also one couldn't say "Ace of Shovels" or even black as the Ace of Shovels".

[stuey]

I think that she was just latching onto her 15 minutes of fame as promised by Andy.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes I did say they aren't the same - was but a jest.

If the age old saying 'Call a spade a spade' perturbs anyone, they could say 'Call a shovel a shovel'.


I know my tools - at times it's like being surrounded by them ;-)

[Jackdaw33]

'Calling a spade a shovel' is an accepted figure of speech. It means mincing one's words.

[anotheoldgit]

I wasn't having a 'DIG' at you Mam :0)

[Mamyalynne]

Wouldn't be the 'scoop' of the day if you were ;-)

[anotheoldgit]

One thing a shovel can do better than a spade and that is "shovel more *** up".

[Mamyalynne]

Leaves?

[Ellipsis]

This thread is running like the proverbial ...

[andy-hughes]

Proverbial what ... leaves off a spade?

[Ellipsis]

running like *** off a hot shovel

[Ellipsis]

Wow, even my stars got starred. "excrement" [inf.]

[jambutty]

Vile witch.

[DTCwordfan]

How do you confuse an Irish man - give him two spades and tell him to take his pick.....is that racist?

This woman was a numpty...it won't help any future job application, except perhaps for shadow foreign sec in the Corbyn part