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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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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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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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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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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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28-01-2021, 08:42 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
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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28-01-2021, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
The world has gone totally mad!
Yep, its Global Warming, Too Much Hot Air.
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28-01-2021, 08:59 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense

Originally Posted by Fruitcake ->
Will they ban daddy chrymble from saying ho ho ho next?

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28-01-2021, 11:28 AM
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Re: Facebook v Plymouth Hoe - more PC nonsense

Originally Posted by Primus1 ->
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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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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