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In reply to the discussion: Queen Elisabeth expressed her opinion despite her duty of reserve :) [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,227 posts)41. I really don't need an apology!
But this thread isn't the first time on my thirty or so years on the Internet when I've read similar claims from Americans that "cunt" isn't a big deal in the UK. When I was in school, far too long ago, it was the worst insult you could call someone, an invite to a punch-up, and that's still true in most everyday contexts nowadays.
It's widely referred to as "the C-bomb", and its shocking impact is used deliberately for effect by some comedians, for instance.
In the context of Trump's visit, let's consider Janey Godley, a notoriously "earthy" Glasgow comedian.
She uses the "c-word" and others liberally in her act for effect. She achieved a degree of fame/notoriety during Trump's Turnberry visit in 2016 on the day after the Brexit vote:
I got out of the bus and stood proudly with my sign TRUMP IS A CUNT the cops saw my sign and harassed me into folding it up.
haha now nobody will see your stupid poster the cop said.
It went viral, the world saw it so fuck him.
https://janeygodley.com/2016/06/28/welcomed-trump-scotland/
Now here she is during Trump's latest visit:
If the word isn't considered offensive, then why would she play on the idea of self-censorship during this visit?
The photoshop in the OP is a play on Godley's earlier placard and the fuss it provoked - in fact the placard the Queen's "holding" is a clip of Godley's sign.
That's the joke!
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Queen Elisabeth expressed her opinion despite her duty of reserve :) [View all]
syringis
Jul 2018
OP
Well done: Royal family 'snub' Trump as Queen left to meet the US president alone Daily Mail Onlin
Gothmog
Jul 2018
#45
Are you 3 unfamiliar with how the term is bandied about in the UK, and how it means something
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#8
You're right, of course! Sometimes this absent-minded ol' biddy forgets where she is! :-P
Petrushka
Jul 2018
#13
Last time I looked, this was there---now this is here---who knows where this might be tomorrow.
Petrushka
Jul 2018
#55
If you ever visit the UK, I'd advise being very careful of the contexts in which you use that word.
Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
#19
This is the internet ... thus 'here' in this context ... is not actually a place ;)
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#25
Please. If you want to find out where here is, download some child porn that's legal ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#28
I'm just saying, DU is not necessarily 'the US' ... people use it from all over the world
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#37
I didn't say "horribly offensive" I did mean totally dismissive of women. I think ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#46
I have visited though it was quite some time ago & also lived in HK when it was a BCC ...
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#40
I usually don't care for it (or alert on it!) here either, but in the context of that idiot, and
Kali
Jul 2018
#52
The Presidential Seal will need a little rework, but for the time being, it makes sense. nt
Buns_of_Fire
Jul 2018
#56