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General => Forum Support => Topic started by: happydog on March 10, 2006, 11:56:46 PM

Title: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: happydog on March 10, 2006, 11:56:46 PM: Has anyone else noticed that since the new format it is not possible to type the word w.o.c.k.e.r. in a post without it defaulting to 'working cocker'? :huh:
I have one of these cockers and I dont find it a derogatory term to use at all. Has there been a thread regarding objections to the use of this term that I've missed somewhere? It's a term of endearment. So why can't we use it anymore? Anyone else got anything to say on this?
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Mollycuddles on March 11, 2006, 12:00:33 AM: I thought I'd try it out...... working cockers ..... ;)

I think it's a term of endearment too :-*
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Mollycuddles on March 11, 2006, 12:01:22 AM: Yep your right .......
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: sarahp on March 11, 2006, 07:18:43 AM: That explains what I read the other day!!!

someone wrote - "I have a working cocker - affectionately known as working cockers"

When I read it I thought the poor girl was loosing the plot!!! :005:

Now I know what was going on :005: :005: :005: :005: :005:
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Helen on March 11, 2006, 07:51:49 AM: oh..i have to try that too....working cocker...i see what you mean ;)

and what about s.h.o.c.k.e.r which i feel more people get offended about that the w. word??? ;)

w.o.c.k.e.r doesn't bother me, it's easier to type... ph34r
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: sarahp on March 11, 2006, 09:33:15 AM: was thinking about this on our walk (yep I really am that sad!!!) and I had what may be a brain wave - what about typing w ocker or working cocker
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Penel on March 11, 2006, 09:53:41 AM: I think that is a great shame - I don't see w ocker as a derogatory term at all - sometimes I refer to Hattie as a working cocker , and sometimes as a w ocker - please - admin - let us use our discretion - we are grown ups after all - its not like its a swear word :lol:
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: sarahp on March 11, 2006, 10:28:40 AM: Blimey - how naive am I?? I hadn't even realised that working cocker could be seen as offensive or derogatory (hadn't read all of this thread closely enough ph34r)

so . . . . . . . . . .my brain wave may not have been so clever after all ph34r sorry :embarassed: :embarassed:

Personally I dont see working cocker as being offensive - think its term of endearment - but maybe thats just me ;)
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Helen on March 11, 2006, 10:45:49 AM: Quote from: sarahp on March 11, 2006, 10:28:40 AM
Blimey - how naive am I?? I hadn't even realised that working cocker could be seen as offensive or derogatory (hadn't read all of this thread closely enough ph34r)

so . . . . . . . . . .my brain wave may not have been so clever after all ph34r sorry :embarassed: :embarassed:

Personally I dont see working cocker as being offensive - think its term of endearment - but maybe thats just me ;)

i hadn't realised until a few working cocker posts a couple of months ago that it was offensive to some people...i thought just a term of endearment too ;)
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Miss Poohs on March 11, 2006, 10:54:05 AM: I never gave it a second thought either - never thought of it as unpleasant.

Pete says they're not working cockers anyway, they are just currently between jobs!! :005:
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: happydog on March 11, 2006, 11:09:14 AM: I was only assuming that it has been done because it was considered derogatory, I dont know that for certain. Has anyone actually complained? How about some comment from administrators?

Personally I think unless a working cocker has found this offensive and complained then there is no reason to have this set as a default to read working cocker. If there has been a change in policy, then surely all the posts over the last five years are going to have be corrected or removed, (which will render some of them nonsense in the process).

Is it just a piece of automated word processing shortcuts on the new software that can be altered by the administrators or
Is this another case of political correctness gone mad? :police: ?
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Pammy on March 11, 2006, 11:17:20 AM: The term in question has been set by the board as the term is considered derogatory by some.

Please accept this as a board decision.

Thanks.
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Helen on March 11, 2006, 11:46:41 AM: Quote from: Pammy on March 11, 2006, 11:17:20 AM
The term in question has been set by the board as the term is considered derogatory by some.

Please accept this as a board decision.

Thanks.

no problem, happily accept - will the same happen then with 'shocker'?
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Pammy on March 11, 2006, 11:59:35 AM: Yes!!! ;)
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: happydog on March 11, 2006, 12:16:57 PM: :o :huh: :-\ :OK.
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: paulb on March 11, 2006, 05:16:05 PM: can i ask a question naive that it might be and please dont shout me out because of course i will respect the moderators decisions, i just want to know why 'that word' is classed as offensive by some?

just wondering :blink:
Title: Re: W-O-C-K-E-R-S
Post by: Pammy on March 11, 2006, 05:22:03 PM: Sorry Paul - we're not going to go there ;) explanations are not necessary - they just stir up trouble as people disagree.

Thank you for respecting the decision ;)