| Ball Boys 09:21 - Jul 26 with 2127 views | Myke |
No longer PC, or 'inclusive' I guess. We now have a 'ball retrieval team' apparently. Surprised Nourry hasn't come up with more exotic name for 'ball' Any suggestions? Keep it clean please. |  | | |  |
| Ball Boys on 15:37 - Jul 26 with 485 views | TwoHalves |
| Ball Boys on 10:23 - Jul 26 by ted_hendrix |
I'm a bloke, that's how It Is and will remain. |
As long as you steer clear of the tap water, Ted! | | | |
| Ball Boys on 16:36 - Jul 26 with 409 views | Myke |
| Ball Boys on 12:17 - Jul 26 by E17hoop |
They were ball boys when boys did it. If girls can do it too, why call them boys? It's not a gendered role so a neutral name is entirely appropriate. I wouldn't want a daughter/ granddaughter called a ball boy so why not change the name? |
Indeed. But... ball girls possibly might work? | | | |
| Ball Boys on 06:54 - Jul 27 with 195 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Ball Boys on 10:30 - Jul 26 by ed_83 |
If this wasn’t a tired sub-Jeremy Clarkson attempt at a joke, and a broadcaster did actually unironically use the word “talisperson” then I will eat my hat. The thing about all the “you couldn’t make it up!!!” brigade is that they almost invariably do make it up.
With all the sinister and regressive abuses of language going on in the world, I’m baffled that people continue to work themselves into a lather over this sort of thing. The language might be inelegant but it’s fundamentally well-intentioned, and costs us nothing. It’s not the 1950s any more, women and girls are involved in public life, including (shock horror) football, and our language should probably reflect that. |
The thing about all the “you couldn’t make it up!!!” brigade is that they almost invariably do make it up
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