Politically correct term for 'chinese whispers'

[FBi7]

Getting my dinner from the Telephone take-away tonight

 

[robfosters]

Crazy, it’s amazing how many things we are changing to avoid triggering these people.

It’s like the midwives in Brighton who have been told to use the term chestfeeding rather than breastfeeding as it’s more trans friendly

 

[arknor]

Loose lips sink ships

can I rewrite history and claim loose lips is insinuating something about gays and the navy

 

[Puzzled]

I had no idea that was the origin of chinese whispers. I assumed it was some sort of slur on their honesty, the original message is lost due to embellishment sort of thing.

Never heard of broken telephone

 

[Scort]

This came up recently. Everyone knows this expression but is unacceptable to use in the work place, eleven more so around Chinese people. There really needs to be a modern term that portrays the same meaning, is understood by people but is not offensive. They are constant adding new expressions to English language so why not make one up??!

People really are quite pathetic these days.

 

[dlockers]

Lots of northern monkeys claiming others are getting triggered.

See how this works?

 

[arknor]

Lots of northern monkeys claiming others are getting triggered.

See how this works?

Americans racist to geordies! no one up here even sounds like that

 

[Begbie]

Americans racist to geordies! no one up here even sounds like that

That's awful. Typical American TV, absolutely no research at all

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Americans racist to geordies! no one up here even sounds like that

Very poor, people from Newcastle don't speak like that.

 

[The Running Man]

Lots of northern monkeys claiming others are getting triggered.

See how this works?

Monkeys?

Monkeys!????

Thats not only racist but also northernist.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Lots of northern monkeys claiming others are getting triggered.

See how this works?

You didn't define how far North.

 

[inogen]

Crazy, it’s amazing how many things we are changing to avoid triggering these people.

I think you should really change your attitude. It's not "we" as in "those who are changing" and "they" who are causing you to. Everyone is we. We (as in everyone) has been changing language to conform to new social norms since before the cavemen. If you don't like it, there's not much point in complaining about it. Just carry on using it. Or don't. It will die out, or it won't.

What else do you do? Force everyone to say Chinese whispers in a mantra to keep it going?

 

[robfosters]

Americans racist to geordies! no one up here even sounds like that

Sounds more like a gypo from Snatch

 

[arknor]

Monkeys?

Monkeys!????

Thats not only racist but also northernist.

people will likely actually see that as racist, it's just the colder harsher climate makes us more hairy and manly.
these soft southern pansies act like a dusting of snow is the end of the world

 

[robfosters]

I think you should really change your attitude. It's not "we" as in "those who are changing" and "they" who are causing you to. Everyone is we. We (as in everyone) has been changing language to conform to new social norms since before the cavemen. If you don't like it, there's not much point in complaining about it. Just carry on using it. Or don't. It will out.

Ok, fair do’s, I’ll carry on saying it.

 

[200sols]

China committs genocide..... meh.

Chinese whispers.... omg evil racists!

 

[inogen]

Ok, fair do’s, I’ll carry on saying it.

I like saying **** a lot. And ****. I wouldn't say either of them or words like them in certain social circumstances. There's not much difference is there?

I wouldn't say Chinese (or any other nationality or race) in a negative way in a professional capacity where I thought it might reflect badly. Same as ****ing **** bags for example. Or *****.

Nor would I say Chinese whispers in a conversation whilst waiting in a queue in the local Happy Dragon take away.

 

[Lysander]

It’s like the midwives in Brighton who have been told to use the term chestfeeding rather than breastfeeding as it’s more trans friendly

I raged.

But wait... how do trans people without breasts feed zirs children?

I can't believe I actually had to type that sentence.

 

[stockhausen]

Crazy, it’s amazing how many things we are changing to avoid triggering these people. . . .

Who exactly are "these people"?

It seems to me that the people who are most easily and persistently triggered (here at least) are the blue rinse, die-hard Daily Wail fan base.

 

[robfosters]

I raged.

But wait... how do trans people without breasts feed zirs children?

I can't believe I actually had to type that sentence.

How comes that quote was from Narj lol. I posted that. Forums had a brainfart