After reading some of the post on the TOPIC: Cursing, I pulled it off the forum. The topic was getting out of hand and it was beginning to turn nasty.

I want you to understand that we are a group of responsible adults here that have children and youth, as well as women here. We need to use appropriate language. If you need reference, think of this as a PG message board. If you need clarification to a questionable language, you can pm the administrator, or moderators.

Please respect the integrity of this board.

Cheers, Hondo B)

And yes, "If everything isn't black and white, I say why the heck not." is a quote from Duke, and in reference to keeping it basic.

Hondo,

I, for one, want to thank you for pulling that. We have a seven year old in the house whose reading skills are really kicking in about now, and who is trying to read EVERYTHING, including things on the computer screen over mom and dad's shoulder. I suspect I would l have done the same thing, but got home late, and you beat me to it! :P

Thanks!

Chester :newyear: and the Mrs. :angel1:

Guys, I think that one was my fault. I aplogize and it won't happen again. Sorry if I caused any harm. :headbonk: :headbonk: :headbonk:

Hey, SXViper, no harm done! As much of a JW fan as the seven year old is, there are plenty of other distractions from this board for him, and it hadn't become a problem (yet . . . :D ). It gets real interesting sometimes, when he stumbles upon some bumper stickers while we're driving (Mom: "STOP! It's a bad word . . . don't finish!" :D )

It was the type of topic that had the potential to go south pretty easily . . . that's why there are moderators here . . . but I appreciated Stumpy's original post, asking about the use of a word that doesn't seem like much to us Yanks, but was a big enough of a deal in the UK for it to make the papers when the queen said it (hey, you guys, should "the queen" be "the Queen" when referring to her, like we do with "the President" when making a direct reference?).

Chester :newyear:

Hi Chester

I agree with you what started innocently took a very wrong turn very quickly and I personally switched off that topic very early on because I could see the way it was going, so its good that it was pulled.

With regard to the Queen if you are talking about her you say the Queen or her Majesty.

If ever you meet her the first question she asks ensures you will always answer yes mam and it is mam as in jam rather than marm in harm. This is done deliberately to put you at your ease.

She is a very knowledgable and gracious lady.


Regards


Arthur

Originally posted by arthurarnell@Mar 17 2004, 11:49 AM
She is a very knowledgable and gracious lady.






I agree - too bad her offspring don't seem to have the same class as Her Majesty.
Apparently her generation was the last to really act like royalty (or at least the way I think royalty should act). :D

I think that goes for the same generations over here in the US. Nobody acts with any class anymore. I think it is a worldwide "movement" :lol: :lol:

Originally posted by SXViper@Mar 17 2004, 02:12 PM
I think that goes for the same generations over here in the US. Nobody acts with any class anymore. I think it is a worldwide "movement"* :lol:* :lol:
I wholeheartedly agree, Viper.

Hi all

I must accept my share of responsibility for the way this topic went although I like everyone else had no intention of it becoming a degrading and guttural topic.

Regarding her Majesty the Queen she certainly is a real lady whom comes in for too much harsh and cynical criticism at times.

I would like to also state that not all of the young generation are good for nothing hoods with no class there are those with great morals and honour and I have witnessed it for myself. I think that the media however should take most of the blame for a lack of class in people today it has become far too cynical and corrupt but try not to despair for with every situation there is light at the end of the tunnel. And when I look around this messageboard and read what many of you say I do think to myself 'this world isn't all bad'.

:agent:

Interesting how this topic has changed from cursing to how to address the Queen. I find a little humor in this. This is in no disrespect to the Queen by the way. And even categorize groups of people. This has been a classic topic here.

We "Yanks" tend to group different people as a whole, when majority of the time it's only a few who give a certain group a bad name. When we refer to the younger generation as being dead in the water with no soul, we see examples of some around us and make that generalization about all. That's an issue we "Yanks" need to cut out, and not judge. So, Robbie in your thread above I agree with you on that.

Cheers, Hondo B)

hi hondo,

we all have different names for people us australians like to be know as aussies, we call the english "poms" that comes from way back in our history as the first ones here were prisoners off her majesty's , and americans are called yanks for another reason but if you want to know that one pm me as it is a little rude. ;) and i wont go any further as it can get bad and i dont want to offen anyone

cheers smokey

Hi Smokey

I was aware that you call us POMs but that's the first time I have heard why and what the word means thats an amazing story.

I know the yanks call us limey's from the fact that our sailors used to drink lime juice to stop scurvy in the old days.


Regards


arthur

hi arthur,

glad i was able to shed a little light on the word pom's for you, but remember we say it with love ;)

cheers smokey