Scientists deep in the jungles of Central America have discovered a type of fish which can live happily for months out of water, in a development with enormous consequences for the English language.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/16 ... list_fish/
Beer-drinking ladyboy fish can live out of water
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Re: Beer-drinking ladyboy fish can live out of water
This word is as offensive to its target as "nіgger" is to its.Denny wrote:ladyboy
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My point was that nobody on C&F would ever DARE to call a fish a nіgger, but it's ok to use other such words which have the same intent?ketida wrote:Wow, I had no idea hermaphroditic piscines were so sensitive! Sometimes it's just impossible to keep up with being PC (politically correct for those of you completely out of it).
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