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Newatthis Thu 24-Jun-21 12:04:01

'Anne Robinson has revealed she was corrected by a contestant on Countdown for not using so-called ‘woke’ language – and she’s getting ‘fed up’ with the whole thing.The TV presenter, who became known for her spiky interactions with contestants on BBC game show The Weakest Link, is concerned that the English language will be ‘mangled’ over a fear of offending people' metro.co.uk/2021/06/22/anne-robinsons-countdown-run-in-over-woke-language-im-fed-up-14812126/.

I remember when I taught at a further education college and at our Monday morning meeting we were told that we could no longer say 'blackboard' but chalkboard instead and we couldn't say 'black' coffee but coffee with milk. All of us though this a bit crazy even the teachers and students who were from the ethnic minorities who taught and attended the college.

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Callistemon Fri 25-Jun-21 09:42:00

Are you serious?

No because I didn't think you were being serious.

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FannyCornforth Fri 25-Jun-21 09:43:12

Lucca I actually lolled when I read Cabbie's comment

Cabbie - what were you thinking of? confused

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Alegrias1 Fri 25-Jun-21 09:47:53

Callistemon

^Are you serious?^

No because I didn't think you were being serious.

Good. smile I was being sort of semi-serious. Referring to the part where Anne Robinson thinks its clever and funny to refer to all non-English speakers learning English as foreigners. And why people seem to think that's OK.

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Callistemon Fri 25-Jun-21 09:56:06

It's a tricky one as English is taught as a foreign language widely around the world

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Alegrias1 Fri 25-Jun-21 09:56:59

Cabbie's comment. I think its an example of how silly this has got; people actually think they're not allowed to say the word "black". All that c*** about blackboards and coffee, if it really happens, needs to be called out and highlighted for the daftness it is. I think we've got bigger fish to fry when it comes to racism.

Like thinking anybody who wants to learn English is a foreigner, for instance. angry

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FannyCornforth Fri 25-Jun-21 10:03:43

Alegrias ah, yes, that makes sense (re Cabbie's comment)

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