[RedMonqey]

Dog collars ? Is this the proper term for priests collars? I’m not Catholic or Anglican but for an news article this sounds awfully pejorative.

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[sionnsar]

Dog collars ? Is this the proper term for priests collars? I’m not Catholic or Anglican but for an news article this sounds awfully pejorative.

Of course it's not a "proper" term, but it's so long been an "in" usage, people who make a fuss about it are clearly not Anglicans. (I can't speak for RCs.)

It's sort of like the U.S. term "Whisk(e)ypalians" -- an internal jest that might look offensive, pejorative and derogatory to an outsider.

(But use it in those contexts and you may have a battle on your hands.)