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BBC executives rule most offensive word in English language is 'a good joke'

Using the "N" word

In a scripted joke, radio presenter Sandi Toksvig said:
'It's the Tories who have put the "n" into cuts'
The BBC was at the centre of a new decency row last night after ruling
that the most offensive word in English is acceptable for broadcast.
The Corporation decided that the word – most abhorrent to women – has lost much
of its 'shock value' and is tolerable for radio and television.
An executive who cleared it for daytime transmission on flagship Radio 4 even said it would 'delight' many of its audience, who would 'love it’.

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I think we would need to hear the Joke

I honestly have no idea what this means :conf:

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Originally Posted by Glenn (Post 4290787)

I honestly have no idea what this means :conf:

*****

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 4290668)

It was the letter N.

N isn't a word.

Apart from anything - it's the type of show that has this type of subtle humour - and I expect those who watched it showed 'faux' outrage - I happen to hate the word when it's used in it's full form - but it was a clever way of putting her point over.

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Originally Posted by Jords (Post 4290801)

*****

Now I get it :thumbs:

hahahaha arista that isn't what it means! it's nothing to do with racism! add the letter N into the word CUTS and see what you get....

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Originally Posted by hannah. (Post 4291327)

hahahaha arista that isn't what it means! it's nothing to do with racism! add the letter N into the word CUTS and see what you get....

When you have to explain subtle humour - it completely ruins both the humour and the subtleness behind it in the first place.

i love how the letter N can cause so much controversy even when used in an entirely different context

the C word, arista :p
though I'd have thought the N word was more offensive

I was just about say it wasn't the word 'nigg*r' that was being to referred to, but the word '*****s'.

Sandi Toksvig :love:

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Originally Posted by hannah. (Post 4291343)

i love how the letter N can cause so much controversy even when used in an entirely different context

You do not Get It.

yes i do. there is absolutely no mention of racism in that article, you've fabricated the meaning of it from in your own mind, dear Arista.

Oh I thought it meant "n*gger" as well :p Seems obvious now

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Originally Posted by hannah. (Post 4291391)

yes i do. there is absolutely no mention of racism in that article, you've fabricated the meaning of it from in your own mind, dear Arista.

Thank You
dear Hannah.

No kind of racial slur makes sense in that context!!11!!1!!!!!111!

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Originally Posted by hannah. (Post 4291455)

No kind of racial slur makes sense in that context!!11!!1!!!!!111!

hannah, I've got a spare wall here if you want to borrow it for your head. !! ;)

Well I thought she might have been saying that the cuts have become so widely unpopular it equated to the word "n*gger" becoming socially unnaceptable :laugh:

They've just realised that? :rolleyes: