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"Political correctness gone madddd"

 

Not really, the term was too generic and didn't properly describe the condition the charity supported, which is cerebral palsy.

 

Strangely, the term 'Spastic' was dropped after a Blue Peter programme which somehow encouraged young people to use the name in a derogatory way.

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Not really, the term was too generic and didn't properly describe the condition the charity supported, which is cerebral palsy.

 

Strangely, the term 'Spastic' was dropped after a Blue Peter programme which somehow encouraged young people to use the name in a derogatory way.

 

I know, hence the " ". The 'Spastics Society' was renamed to 'Scope' because it became an insult. Hadn't heard about the Blue Peter thing though?

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Not really, the term was too generic and didn't properly describe the condition the charity supported, which is cerebral palsy.

 

Strangely, the term 'Spastic' was dropped after a Blue Peter programme which somehow encouraged young people to use the name in a derogatory way.

 

 

 

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I know, hence the " ". The 'Spastics Society' was renamed to 'Scope' because it became an insult. Hadn't heard about the Blue Peter thing though?

 

[sad]Actually, it was named Scope in 1952 and then became the Spastics Society in the 60s.[/sad]

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Margarine... apart from Stork, that is.

 

Which isn't Margarine either. Margarine is a brand name based on a spread containing 90% fat. It's now defunct, although the name still gets used colloquially abeit incorrectly (much like Hoover, Jacuzzi, Nylon, etc.).

 

Stork make spreads.

 

*I think I've just St Landrewed St Landrew.

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Which isn't Margarine either. Margarine is a brand name based on a spread containing 90% fat. It's now defunct, although the name still gets used colloquially abeit incorrectly (much like Hoover, Jacuzzi, Nylon, etc.).

 

Stork make spreads.

 

*I think I've just St Landrewed St Landrew.

 

I didn't know one could be St Landrewed..?

 

I thought, for a moment, someone was going to suggest that there is plenty of margarine on the shelves. At least I was right about something then. Stork used to be labelled as margarine though, matey. When it was still cool to be called margarine.

 

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Now everything has to be called, I Can't Believe it's not [insert supposedly bad for your health product].

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Which isn't Margarine either. Margarine is a brand name based on a spread containing 90% fat. It's now defunct, although the name still gets used colloquially abeit incorrectly (much like Hoover, Jacuzzi, Nylon, etc.).

 

Stork make spreads.

 

*I think I've just St Landrewed St Landrew.

 

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Margarine got its name from a compound called margaric acid which itself was a combination of stearic acid and palmitic acid.

 

It was developed in the 19th century as a result of a competition by Napoleon to invent a butter-substitute for the hoi-palloi.

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Thought it was actually required as a longer lasting butter substitute so his troops could career around europe for longer. I can't be bothered to look up hoi polloi, but I think this means 'general public' or 'riff raff'. Threads such as these should ban any internet looking up in order that people can demonstrate their powers of recall of half-facts, misinformation and incorrect context - just like the old days.

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Also, it's a legal requirement that spangles and white dog poo are mentioned. Then someone talks about all threads referring to Adolf Hitler within the first page. Then someone archly disparages such oft witnessed discussion. Then someone mentions that there is a 50% chance that 2 people will share a birthday in a room of 13. Then the thread ends and another identical one starts.

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