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Longdogs
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27-01-2021, 11:52 PM
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Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
Facebook has apologised for removing posts that named part of a city it deemed to contain an offensive word.... 'Hoe'
Luckily, faecesbook have now seen sense over the old English word meaning 'High ground' (nothing to do with a woman of the night)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-55827981
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Silver Tabby
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God's own county!
Joined: Oct 2012
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28-01-2021, 12:30 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
The world has gone totally mad!
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John
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Eastleigh Hampshire
Joined: Sep 2010
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28-01-2021, 12:38 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
Uh oh! Stand by Westward Ho! in Devon!
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Fruitcake
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Somerset Riviera
Joined: Nov 2016
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28-01-2021, 02:04 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
Will they ban daddy chrymble from saying ho ho ho next?
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Primus1
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York
Joined: Jul 2015
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28-01-2021, 08:02 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
I wonder if our smallest street..whip..ma..wop..ma..gate..will be next..?
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spitfire
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Warwickshire
Joined: Jul 2012
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28-01-2021, 08:42 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
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Longdogs
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Facebook has apologised for removing posts that named part of a city it deemed to contain an offensive word.... 'Hoe'
Luckily, faecesbook have now seen sense over the old English word meaning 'High ground' (nothing to do with a woman of the night)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-55827981
Must cross Plymouth off the "Must Visit" list then.
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spitfire
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28-01-2021, 08:43 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
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The world has gone totally mad!
Yep, its Global Warming, Too Much Hot Air.
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warleyron
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Warley, Essex UK
Joined: Sep 2011
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28-01-2021, 08:59 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
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Will they ban daddy chrymble from saying ho ho ho next?
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Longdogs
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SW England
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28-01-2021, 11:28 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
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Primus1
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I wonder if our smallest street..whip..ma..wop..ma..gate..will be next..?
I would definitely ban that one ..... or visit it.
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Longdogs
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28-01-2021, 11:29 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense
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Uh oh! Stand by Westward Ho! in Devon!
Last week, it was Devil's Dyke.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews...t-devils-dyke/
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