Posted on 03/29/2009 7:50:40 AM PDT by Ravnagora
Using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' has been banned by leaders of the European Union because they are not considered politically correct.
Brussels bureaucrats have decided the words are sexist and issued new guidelines in its bid to create 'gender-neutral' language.
The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman's marital status.
This also means Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita are banned.
'Political correctness gone mad': The European Parliament has banned MEPs from using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' because it claims they are sexist
Instead of using the standard titles, it is asking MEPs to address women by their names.
And the rules have not stopped there - they also ban MEPs saying 'sportsmen' and 'statesmen', advising athletes and political leaders should be used instead.
'Man-made' is also taboo - it should be artificial or synthetic, firemen is disallowed and air hostesses should be called flight attendants.
Headmasters and headmistresses must be heads or head teachers, laymen becomes layperson, and manageress or mayoress should be manager or mayor.
Police officers must be used instead of policeman and policewoman unless the officer's sex is relevant.
The only problem words that do not fit into the guidelines are waiter and waitress, which means MEPs are at least spared one worry when ordering a coffee.
They have reacted with incredulity to the booklet, which has been sent out by the Secretary General of the European Parliament.
Scottish Tory MEP Struan Stevenson described the guidelines as 'political correctness gone mad'.
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That's RACIST.
So now I can't use half of the French and Spanish words I know.
Lemme guess: “human” will be replaced by “hominid”, “history” will be replaced by “records”, and “Superman” will be replaced by “SuperPerson”.
Madness.
Thank God they solved this problem. I was afraid a world wide crisis would ensue had they not!
Fairly soon they will be telling Europe the correct and incorrect way to wipe their arses.
Good one! :)
Yet one more reason to discredit the EU for what it is.
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What are the penalties if you use the connotations yourself — do they fine you for supposedly offending yourself?
Just curious...
LR [A proud MRS.]
I think they really “missed” the mark on this.
Oops...I guess that is sexist.
Hmmm...how ‘bout..I think this really “misses” the mark....
D’oh!
Gubmint sucks.
So, what’d they say about “Yo, bitch!”?
If I were European Royalty I’d be a little scared...
King & Queen, Lord & Lady can’t be too far off...
Not quite. I didn't see king and queen, prince and princess, and Emperor or Emporess on the list along with father and mother and son and daughter.
I guess ‘skankess’ is out of the question, then?
LMAO!
Now sexism means acknowledging that there are two genders.
As soon as the Muslims institute sharia law, they will all have to use their left ahand.
As soon as the Muslims institute sharia law, they will all have to use their left ahand.
I still have a supply of calling cards with the name”Master Bert ......”
The word Master for a young male has been archaic for a long time and may have been so when the cards were printed in about 1945.
Good point. But, garyhope, I would imagine that "Islamofascist" is also on the list of the EU's "Unacceptable" words.
Can you just imagine what George Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" routine would do with this?
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This also means Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita are banned.
I call B.S.
Here in Germany, it has already been common since the 1980s to refer to any grown woman - regardless of her actual marital status - as "Frau." Thus, it is now generally accepted (i.e., not just among feminists) to address grown women in that fashion. The German honorific "Frau" can thus be said to have no bearing on a woman's marital status. It would therefore be unnecessary to ban it, and considering the fact that "progressives" insist upon the use - not of gender-neutral designations - but dual-use titles and appellations*, such a requirement at the E.U. level would be anathema to "true feminists."
Regards,
*This has gotten so much out of hand that even appellations which are totally gender-neutral, like "Mitglied" (plural: "Mitglieder" - which looks like but is NOT a masculine form) have to be forced into dual-use forms, like "Mitglieder/Innen."
...and the French are going to stop saying Mademoiselle and Madame.
I think the patent is pending on that one...
LOL!
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I’ll have to ask the first person attempting to correct me if F U is more “politically correct”?
Sheryl Crow already did that. LOL
Senor and monsieur are very classist too!
Good for you!
I have a good friend who is an expert in “Semantics”. He’d get a kick out of this whole thing.
But, isn’t “EU” (European Union) discriminatory? It leaves out the non-European world.
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Coming to a town near you.
> EU bans use of ‘Miss’ and ‘Mrs’ because it claims they are sexist
I suppose COMRADE is more acceptable.
America will follow suit soon.
“Islamofascist” is also on the list of the EU’s “Unacceptable” words.”
Well of course it’s on the list of the (I was going to say the Euro police, but it’s everywhere now) Euro’s PC language fascist police.
That’s why I love the word so much. And the word is the absolute truth.
EUseless.
Is this a joke?
Is it OK to call them bitch?
Of course it’s sexist you morons (not you)...That’s the way we like it...We like to differentiate between men and women...
A chilling moment in a funny thread, Buffalo Jack.
For anyone who's too young to appreciate the concept of "Comrade", this was the term used by the Communists to address each other, both women and men. [Oops, sorry. Should have said, both 'males' and 'females', or is that unnaceptable, too?] The communists were masters of manipulating semantics to suit their agenda and, of course, "Equality" was the core of that agenda.
I'm completely convinced that the EU is regressing back to Communism. Just today, it's not called that. It's called "Globalism" and "Political Correctness". And America is following behind. That's the worst part of it all. I don't care what Europe does. I care very much what happens here in America.
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Unfortunately, uncitizen, it is not.
Wish that it were.
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political correctness IS mad
My unmarried daughter prefers to be addresses as Miss.
It’s just unbelievable that this is happening. This and other equally unbelievable things happen on a daily basis. It’s taken off like a freight train.
How about “Citizen” to replace those hated sexist terms, or better yet, “Comrade.” Didn’t we try this once or twice?
The fags have taken over the EU. I can see why they want to ban it however. It's just too hard to tell in some parts of Europe what someone is. In some places, like Germany, "Marriage" is only a half hour commitment that costs 120 Euro's, and the "wife" pays the government pimp 30 Euros to get "married" as many times a day as she likes in the government run brothel. They say 9 out of 10 people in Germany use these government pimp/brothel services. Seems society has not only decayed, they've lowered themselves into the pits of hell, and are playing in Mohammads "heavenly" brothel.
Wasn't there a time in history where venice became very simular to this, a fag infested, 24 hr a day orgy pit of free love and frolic, ignoring the calls from preachers to repent their ways or it would lead to their ruin?
They ignored the preachers, and everything else, and Greece fell to the Mohammadan invaders.
Europe is falling exactly the same way, repeating history. Only on a larger scale
The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman's marital status. This also means Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita are banned.Oh yeah EU, you wanna bet.
There are some things with a peoples culture you don't mess with.
I hear they have endorsed the New York form of address:
Hey, youse guys!
In another 4 years...
Gadzooks, big! Just as long as they continue to call me Mr. Bender... 
it is all right with me!
Of that you can be sure;
Bukhari:V1B4N163 "The Prophet said, 'Whoever cleans his private parts with stones should do it with an odd number of stones. And whoever wakes up should wash his hands before putting them in the water for ablution. Nobody knows where his hands were during sleep.'"
Bukhari:V1B4N139 "I asked Allah's Apostle about a person who imagined they passed wind during prayer. He replied: 'He should not leave his prayer unless he hears sound or smells something.'"
Bukhari:V1B4N156 "The Prophet said, 'Whenever anyone makes water he should not hold his penis or clean his private parts with his right hand. While drinking, one should not breathe in the utensil.'"
Bukhari:V1B4N174 "During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle dogs used to urinate and pass through the mosque. Nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it."
(Dogs are pretty smart animals)
Tabari II:99 "Abraham was tested with ten Islamic practices: rinsing the mouth, cleansing nostrils with water, trimming the mustache, using a toothstick, plucking the armpit, paring nails, washing finger joints, circumcision, shaving pubic hair, and washing the rear and vulva."(Abraham was a hermaphrodite)
Most of Europe are all queens anyway so it don’t much matter.
Pray for America
And Signora and Signorina. I was addressed frequently as "Signorina" when I lived in Italy as a pre-teen and teenage military brat.
This is all really, really stupid.
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