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Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
AFP via Yahoo News ^
| 11/14/07
| AFP Staff
Posted on 11/15/2007 3:31:59 AM PST by Enchante
SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.
Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.
One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute.
"Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids.
"We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph.
"Leave Santa alone."
A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christmas; hohoho; liberalism; politicalcorrectness; santa; santaclause; stuckonstupid; waronchristmas; waronchristmas2007
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To: Enchante
And what are they going to call
these now?
41
posted on
11/15/2007 5:23:30 AM PST
by
King of Florida
(A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
To: Enchante
What about Garden Hose?? They are offended by Christmas.
Pray for W and Our Victory TRoops
42
posted on
11/15/2007 5:23:37 AM PST
by
bray
(Think "Betray U.S." Think Democrat)
To: Enchante
43
posted on
11/15/2007 5:26:35 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Enchante
Now if Santa was saying “Beotch, Beotch, Beotch!” I might have a problem with it.
;>)
44
posted on
11/15/2007 5:27:40 AM PST
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: poobear
HO = Street Gangsta Slang for whore...........ie, “ME and my ho’s was cruzin’ lookin’ fo some crack.”...........
45
posted on
11/15/2007 5:28:17 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Enchante
46
posted on
11/15/2007 5:32:10 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
To: Sacajaweau
47
posted on
11/15/2007 5:41:30 AM PST
by
spotbust1
(Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
To: Enchante
The offensive word isn’t “Ho”, its “Whore”. It just happens to be mispronounced. People are nuts.
48
posted on
11/15/2007 5:43:42 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: poobear
Ho, Ho, Ho Whore, Whore, Whore I dont get it. Whats the correlation? Because if you are ignorant, uneducated gang member who might have gotten past the first grade before dropping out of school, you can't pronounce the full word "whore", you can't form all your letters because you are full of sh** or maybe dope, so you shorten it to "who". The W is silent of course so then the word becomes "ho". People in the US who can actually speak English do not relate the word ho to whore and wouldn't know the relationship if it wasn't for TV and people like Imus trying to imitate gangsters because they think it is cool to imitate killers and thugs, so they adopt the mannerisms and speech idiosyncrasies of these same hoodlums and killers.
49
posted on
11/15/2007 6:16:40 AM PST
by
calex59
(N)
To: Raycpa
Don't forget that Santa only works 24 hours per year. How does he afford that gigantic workshop at the top of the world?
And what about all those elves? Are they maybe undocumented immigrants? And what about forcing endangered flying reindeer into servitude?
I sense an IRS audit coming. Whore, whore, whore.
50
posted on
11/15/2007 6:26:09 AM PST
by
Sender
(You are the weapon. What you hold in your hand is just a tool.)
To: calex59; Red Badger
I know guys. It’s just sad that the thugs who use this expression wouldn’t even know how to spell OR pronounce the very word they are referring to nor would they know if it were a noun, verb or an adjective.
Merry Christmas! Ho! Ho! Ho! Meeerrry Christmas!
51
posted on
11/15/2007 6:27:49 AM PST
by
poobear
(Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
To: Enchante
How about “Nappy, nappy, nappy!” ???
52
posted on
11/15/2007 6:47:04 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Have a pheasant plucking day!)
To: doodad
Arggh Matey, "Yo ho ho" is just Pirate 'hood' talk for "Come over here please." ;)
53
posted on
11/15/2007 7:07:52 AM PST
by
kAcknor
("A pistol! Are you expecting trouble sir?" "No miss, were I expecting trouble I'd have a rifle.")
To: ReignOfError
One of my coworkers, a young black woman, shot me a hard look and asked, What did you call me? It took a solid second, maybe two, before I realized she was just messing with me. We laughed and got to work. Excellent! She sounds like she was a jewel to work with.
54
posted on
11/15/2007 7:12:42 AM PST
by
null and void
(No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
To: freekitty
Can people get any dumber? Yes. You ain't seen nuthin' yet...
55
posted on
11/15/2007 7:14:29 AM PST
by
null and void
(No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
To: King of Florida
And what are they going to call these now?Dunno. We can't call them He Hees, that would be sexist...
56
posted on
11/15/2007 7:19:29 AM PST
by
null and void
(No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
To: Edgar3
Our once innocent language is being hijacked, word by word.One mispromounced word by mispronounced word.
57
posted on
11/15/2007 7:20:16 AM PST
by
lonestar
To: Enchante
Leftist imbeciles - every day brings news of new stupidity.
"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
58
posted on
11/15/2007 7:20:18 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Larry Lucido
They can adopt Marty Moose's laugh: Ahhh, I don't think so... ;)
59
posted on
11/15/2007 7:20:42 AM PST
by
kAcknor
("A pistol! Are you expecting trouble sir?" "No miss, were I expecting trouble I'd have a rifle.")
To: null and void
Oh no; please no more of this dumbness.
60
posted on
11/15/2007 7:38:54 AM PST
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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