View From Swindon

[cahill]

What's it come to being patronised by Swindon fans ?


Thanks for the season Roy. The spat you had with the in-breed Dingles was a gem in itself

 

[davidpinder]

“It was very fine margins over the two legs. Bad luck and decisions from their players cost them. You can’t blame the manager
for that. Stick with clough and they’ll be right up there next season I’m sure.”

Bad decisions from players that shouldn't have been on the pitch.

“I think jay mccleverly is quality, but he’s never going to win the physical battle with smith. thought that was fairly key
myself.”

He's fucking wank.

Maybe if they get beat a week Sunday they might take both off us.

 

[Gee]

Hmm. Avatar suggests you've been around long enough to remember this and other playground insults but I'll take this at face value...

**** is short for mongoloid a term sometimes applied to people with Down Syndrome.

I think.

That's right, either **** or moid are both derogatory terms for people with Down's syndrome.

 

[sitwell]

'its like watching your parents have sex' was the quote of the season for me ,it could only have come from the inbreds. They should take it as a town motto.

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

Thanks for the continued contribution to the site, its much appreciated, shame its not always good reading though .

 

[Jonboy60]

How very rude.


I must admit I thought it was a reference to someone who smelled a bit i.e. ****......pong. I wonder if this is anything to do with a fishmonger as they smell.

I have heard the phrase "she was a right monger" ..... directed at a lady of less than attractive looks.

Interesting term. I will add it to my vocabulary.

HH

Is it not," she was a right minger". Could be wrong.

 

[Sestanovich]

A **** is someone lacking in physical and cerebral abilities

 

[Grappler]

Thanks Roy, I have enjoyed the blog since joining this site.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Related: I think there used to be a sliding scale on which, say, imbeciles had fewer IQ points than morons.

I think they were grouped in 10s eg

Morons 90-99
Idiots 80-89
Imbeciles 70-79

or something similar.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Here you go http://www.personality-and-aptitude-career-tests.com/iq-rating-scale.html

This version has

80-89 Dull
70-79 Borderline Deficient
60-69 Definite Feeble-Mindedness

 

[Cyprus Blade]

**** as in short for mongol which is what Downs Syndrome was commonly called years ago sadly

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...y-still-bandied-about-as-insults-9878557.html

 

[Bladebri]

How people can still use words like this is totally beyond me, they have no sense of companion for family's dealing with downs-syndrome on a daily basis.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

“over the 2 legs maybe their team lacked a little bit of that quality, you can’t argue with the strength of character they
showed last night. "

Wrong, over 2 legs, in fact over the season, what we have lacked is two decent centre halves. It was our quality in certain areas of the park that kept us in the tie with 5 goals, and the jokers at the back that let us down.

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

How people can still use words like this is totally beyond me, they have no sense of companion for family's dealing with downs-syndrome on a daily basis.

The correct and original meaning of the word "mongoloid" was as a description of people originating from East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Eastern Russia, the Arctic, the Americas, parts of the Pacific Islands, and some northeastern parts of South Asia. (Hence the country Mongolia, and the ethnic group, the Mongols). It is one of the 3 classifications of the major human races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid.

It's a perfectly valid word for every day use, in that context.

The word got attached to Down's Syndrome babies because of the apparent facial similarities with that racial group it produced in Caucasian children. Even in that context it's origins weren't for the purposes of causing offence, only as a descriptive, lay-term rather than clinical term for common usage.

But, as often happens its use pejorative use came to dominate.

Why not reclaim it for more positive use, as Devo did with their song of that name?

 

[grafikhaus]

Is it not," she was a right minger". Could be wrong.

Search Results
minger
ˈmɪŋə/
noun
Britishinformalderogatory
noun: minger; plural noun: mingers

1. an unattractive or unpleasant person or thing.

 

[Kenilworth]

The correct and original meaning of the word "mongoloid" was as a description of people originating from East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Eastern Russia, the Arctic, the Americas, parts of the Pacific Islands, and some northeastern parts of South Asia. (Hence the country Mongolia, and the ethnic group, the Mongols). It is one of the 3 classifications of the major human races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid.

It's a perfectly valid word for every day use, in that context.

The word got attached to Down's Syndrome babies because of the apparent facial similarities with that racial group it produced in Caucasian children. Even in that context it's origins weren't for the purposes of causing offence, only as a descriptive, lay-term rather than clinical term for common usage.

But, as often happens its use pejorative use came to dominate.

Why not reclaim it for more positive use, as Devo did with their song of that name?

So, do Down's Syndrome babies of Mongoloid origin look more Caucasian and do they refer to them as Caucs?

 

[Trigger Blade]

Thank you, always look for this post after a match.

Yes me too, and if Roy isn't quick off the mark, I get impatient and in my head accuse him of slacking and not getting on with the job to be done.

Once, he didn't even do it until the following day, outrageous!

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

So, do Down's Syndrome babies of Mongoloid origin look more Caucasian and do they refer to them as Caucs?

Good question - I'm sure that there'll be local pejorative terms. Developing terms for specific groups of people which become offensive isn't a western cultural phenomenon, it's common across all racial groupings.