[Corpora-List] Numpties and bennies

Wed Dec 6 12:34:16 UTC 2006

Nope - no PC problems on the Scottish side of my family!

On 6 Dec 2006, at 12:06, Harold Somers wrote:

> A colleague has just emailed me suggesting that the word "numpty" has
> become non-PC because of its association with Downs syndrome. I've  
> never
> made that association ... Has anyone else?

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