13-04-17, 02:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 13-04-17, 02:13 AM by tommyardin.)
[size=1em]Please boys don't be nice to me, cos, I will start to think I'm becoming popular, or that I have joined a forum full of gays guys with same sex preferences :eek
Hey I was listening to a radio show today as I drove my combo van down to The Magic B&Q (Wonder why I did not drive my MR2 :'( to pick up some wood router bits
They were saying that using the word 'Pikie' is a derogatory name for traveller or gypsy folk and that you can be prosecuted for using it.
A company that sells sports gear and uses a Tick as a part of their logo have dropped a clanger because they released a line called 'Pikie' as opposed to 'Niki'.
Me thinks that shit will fly.
The traveller community are up in arms about it and the say it is no different than using the 'N' word when talking about black people or any of the words associated with the 'Same Sex Preference' community.
To be honest they are absolutely right I have a mate that is a gypsy, his name is Jess and a nicer kinder bloke you will never meet, he has told me in the past that he hates the term 'Pikie' it has a meaning of un-trustworthiness, dirty and un-acceptable in society. Jess says they are Gypsies or Travellers. Jess is a big 20 stone tree surgeon and I'm not going to disagree with anything he says. Seriously though Jess is a lovely bloke. :guitar [/size]
Hey I was listening to a radio show today as I drove my combo van down to The Magic B&Q (Wonder why I did not drive my MR2 :'( to pick up some wood router bits
They were saying that using the word 'Pikie' is a derogatory name for traveller or gypsy folk and that you can be prosecuted for using it.
A company that sells sports gear and uses a Tick as a part of their logo have dropped a clanger because they released a line called 'Pikie' as opposed to 'Niki'.
Me thinks that shit will fly.
The traveller community are up in arms about it and the say it is no different than using the 'N' word when talking about black people or any of the words associated with the 'Same Sex Preference' community.
To be honest they are absolutely right I have a mate that is a gypsy, his name is Jess and a nicer kinder bloke you will never meet, he has told me in the past that he hates the term 'Pikie' it has a meaning of un-trustworthiness, dirty and un-acceptable in society. Jess says they are Gypsies or Travellers. Jess is a big 20 stone tree surgeon and I'm not going to disagree with anything he says. Seriously though Jess is a lovely bloke. :guitar [/size]