tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post4518514773062545552..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Dumb and DumbererDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-33826779922033362372009-01-15T10:37:00.000+00:002009-01-15T10:37:00.000+00:00I was watching Fawlty Towers the other day - the o...I was watching Fawlty Towers the other day - the one with the dead body - and was reminded of my irritation at the deletion of the line "Is it your legs?" when Basil is suggesting that his moribund guest could actually get up for breakfast. I've no idea why the BBC have removed this line from their official "complete" DVD boxed set of the series, but I can only put it down to the same pointless political correctness.Lucas Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307807104038473162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-76725098804442535432009-01-14T15:04:00.000+00:002009-01-14T15:04:00.000+00:00I suppose the Beeb's objection, along with it bein...I suppose the Beeb's objection, along with it being a pejorative reference to a disability, is that's it's very much an American term that has only crept into popular usage on this side of the world in the past few years.<BR/><BR/>What word did you substitute it with?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170574944537866579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-28129540554598001362009-01-14T07:48:00.000+00:002009-01-14T07:48:00.000+00:00Hear hear!Hear hear!Archie_Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582569974503175543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-9882763914847815502009-01-13T18:35:00.000+00:002009-01-13T18:35:00.000+00:00I'm deaf to your view.I'm deaf to your view.Terencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394053210334889811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-54991687368379000172009-01-13T17:23:00.000+00:002009-01-13T17:23:00.000+00:00That's what comes of blindly following rules.That's what comes of blindly following rules.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-60898298920715164102009-01-13T14:23:00.000+00:002009-01-13T14:23:00.000+00:00do you know what i hadn't even thought of it in re...do you know what i hadn't even thought of it in respect to people with vocal disabilities etc in this context.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-23438408771024292922009-01-13T11:30:00.000+00:002009-01-13T11:30:00.000+00:00Which song professor?Which song professor?marleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948614473875482486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-69231953938507508972009-01-13T11:21:00.000+00:002009-01-13T11:21:00.000+00:00...from a company that claims to be leading the ch......from a company that claims to be leading the charge against 'dumbing down', the word 'dumb' itself finds itself ring-fenced and placed on a shelf, for special occasions only. I wonder if there's and OED up there too, gathering dust...smfifteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468550163136140715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-52254249761040482742009-01-13T10:57:00.000+00:002009-01-13T10:57:00.000+00:00Yes. I think it was an objection to using a disabi...Yes. I think it was an objection to using a disability as a pejorative term.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541581777824775884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-8221569696653241802009-01-13T10:51:00.000+00:002009-01-13T10:51:00.000+00:00I don't understand the objection. Is "dumb" suppos...I don't understand the objection. Is "dumb" supposed to be offensive to the vocally different, or what?Archie_Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582569974503175543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38644428451789185452009-01-13T10:49:00.000+00:002009-01-13T10:49:00.000+00:00Some songs are "dumb" in a good way "louie Louie" ...Some songs are "dumb" in a good way "louie Louie" is joyfully dumb it's much more unpoetic to say "knowingly purposeful deleberately stupid" rhyme.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-83729633382513383182009-01-13T09:31:00.000+00:002009-01-13T09:31:00.000+00:00Donald and Walter would love that, I am sure. May...Donald and Walter would love that, I am sure. Maybe get a song out of it.trail of breadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07404750750499578001noreply@blogger.com