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Euro Chiefs Ban 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
Telegraph (UK) ^ | March 15, 2009

Posted on 03/15/2009 9:40:48 PM PDT by Steelfish

Euro chiefs ban 'Miss' and 'Mrs'

The European Parliament has banned the terms 'Miss' and 'Mrs' in case they offend female MEPs.

By Simon Johnson 15 Mar 2009

The politically correct rules also mean a ban on Continental titles, such as Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita.

Guidance issued in a new 'Gender-Neutral Language' pamphlet instead orders politicians to address female members by their full name only.

Officials have also ordered that 'sportsmen' be called 'athletes', 'statesmen' be referred to as 'political leaders' and even that 'synthetic' or 'artificial' be used instead of 'man-made'.

The guidance lists banned terms for describing professions, including fireman, air hostess, headmaster, policeman, salesman, manageress, cinema usherette and male nurse.

However MEPs are still allowed to refer to 'midwives' as there is no accepted male version of the job description.

The booklet also admits that "no gender-neutral term has been successfully proposed" to replace 'waiter' and 'waitress', allowing parliamentarians to use these words in a restaurant or café.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cults; ecclesiastics; pcstupidity; ungland
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To: Steelfish

Why are women offended by being referred to as women?


21 posted on 03/15/2009 10:10:30 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: Steelfish

Ok, I now understand how stupid the EU really is..lol.

From the article - “However, a number of bizarre EU rules remain in place, including a directive stating that every pair of rubber boots must be supplied with a user’s manual in 12 languages.”

A freaking owners manual for rubber boots? Who is stupid enough to not be able to put on rubber boots without a users manual? Only in Europe. And of course I won’t even touch the rules trying to dictate the shape of a banana...too many jokes there.


22 posted on 03/15/2009 10:17:43 PM PDT by MissouriConservative (The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. - Thomas Paine)
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To: the anti-liberal
This kind of flapdoodle has nothing to with gender equality. I've never heard of a woman who felt insulted being addressed with a feminine title.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

23 posted on 03/15/2009 10:18:57 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Is this from the Onion ?

No, it's Newspeak from "1984."

24 posted on 03/15/2009 10:42:59 PM PDT by Bernard Marx (Free California from public employee union rule!)
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To: Steelfish
Glad to see government rigidly controlling the citizens' culture over there in Europe.

You wouldn't want them to freely express themselves.

If you can control language you can control behavior.

You can also minimize the lessons and relevance of history.

25 posted on 03/15/2009 10:57:00 PM PDT by TheThinker (Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
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To: Steelfish

Do men still get to be called Mister, Monsieur, Signor, Herr, or not?


26 posted on 03/15/2009 11:02:56 PM PDT by heartwood (Tarheel in exile)
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To: MissouriConservative
Who is stupid enough to not be able to put on rubber boots without a users manual?

Well, since Brussels is in Europe .... :-)

27 posted on 03/15/2009 11:05:23 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
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To: OneWingedShark
I’m in favor of the gender-neutral “Asshat”.

LOL! However, to be grammatically correct it would be "Asshat" and "Asshata".

28 posted on 03/15/2009 11:06:26 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
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To: Steelfish

The word, gender, was inappropriately extended by linguistic activists for referring to more than two sexes in human beings.


29 posted on 03/16/2009 12:24:23 AM PDT by familyop (As painful as the global laxative might be, maybe our "one world" needs a good cleaning.)
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To: Steelfish

Gender is for Latin language terms and flowers. Sex is for people.


30 posted on 03/16/2009 12:26:45 AM PDT by familyop (As painful as the global laxative might be, maybe our "one world" needs a good cleaning.)
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To: Steelfish

This type of stuff is why I hate the politics of the liberals in Europe. this is what you get when things are left to them. There is no such thing as nature to them only their world view.


31 posted on 03/16/2009 2:01:07 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: Steelfish

More PC insanity.


32 posted on 03/16/2009 2:28:09 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (Trust unto God and He shall direct your path)
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To: MissouriConservative
The EU actually passed a law baning women from wearing the bavaria style of dresses sported during Ocktoberfest when serving outside or women wearing low cut tops at other european bars with outside drinking areas claiming that they risk getting skin cancer on their exposed chest areas.

Just a taste of the facist lunacy of the EUSSR.

33 posted on 03/16/2009 2:42:04 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (Trust unto God and He shall direct your path)
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To: the anti-liberal

Because a dyke probably complained saying being refered to as a Miss or Mrs was insulting, the PC police listened, so the entire free world now needs to suffer.


34 posted on 03/16/2009 2:45:41 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (Trust unto God and He shall direct your path)
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To: Steelfish

If I was a MEP, I would refuse to respond to anyone who did not address me as Mrs. Knid. Madame Knid will work too. So would Senora Knid. MS. Knid will not work. I would simply fail to hear it.

Oh, and my husband’s a policeMAN, too.

Regards,


35 posted on 03/16/2009 2:49:54 AM PDT by VermiciousKnid (Grab your gun and bring in the cat.)
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To: Steelfish

Impy says the EU should be referred to as “fermented horse feces” from now on.


36 posted on 03/16/2009 3:38:46 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Steelfish

Just another example of Lemmings heading for self annihilation.


37 posted on 03/16/2009 3:48:39 AM PDT by chatham
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To: Steelfish

No Mrs. or Miss?
How about just Female? i.e., Good morning Female Jones or Good afternoon Spinster Thompson. Or is she’s muslim, Put the burka back on slave.


38 posted on 03/16/2009 4:16:19 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (To stand up for Capitalism is to hope Obama fails.)
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To: Steelfish

I recommend referring to Europeans as “future Muslims.”


39 posted on 03/16/2009 4:29:10 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: Steelfish

... and replace “man-hole cover” with “people hole cover.”


40 posted on 03/16/2009 4:32:31 AM PDT by earlJam
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