Posted by alexandra_k on December 15, 2004, at 14:14:03
In reply to Re: Babble Politics » alexandra_k, posted by AuntieMel on December 15, 2004, at 8:51:09
There was an add in NZ TV a while back for Toyota four wheel drives. The add involved various things that go wrong. The farmer looks at the camera and says 'B*gg*r' after each incident. The add was on prime time slots.
There were complaints.
There were complaints about the complaints.
Some people argued (fairly convincingly) that the word has become an everyday part of kiwi slang.
Other people replied (rightly) that it is still used (offensively) to refer to sodomy.The add wasn't allowed to be screened before 8.30.
So I do have sympathy.
@ss, on the other hand, even p*ss don't strike me as offensive in any way. But maybe because the context in which I am thinking of the latter is in terms of being p*ss*d or p*ss*d off (mad / angry).
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