GETTING RIP OFF BY EBAY TAKE MY MONEY AND WONT LET ME SELL

[allholdins]

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[lyndal1838]

You are right ele....it evaporated almost immediately.

[carly2579]

i hate the R   word witha passion i was born with a physical disablity and kids  called me the R  word because they assumed  i was  mentally handicapped which i was not

[lyndal1838]

Carly, the R word is used by children as an all encompassing expression for physical and mental disability....for anyone who is different in any way.

My grandmother was a school teacher back in the early 1900s, through to the late 1960s and she was familiar with children using the term for all those years.

No matter how politically correct or incorrect it is...children will be children but we do expect them to grow out of it by the time they can post here.X-(

[lyndal1838]

Yes, it is a horrible expression Dave, used by immature or ill educated people who do not have sufficient grasp of the English language to use a more appropriate term.

But unfortunately it is a term that has been used for well over 100 years to my knowledge by said people and I doubt that our opinions are going to change it any time soon.

[phorum_junkie*]

I can honestly say that it is many years since I have heard the word being used by children where I live in the UK and it is in an area that may be nicely described as a bit 'rough' lol

Of course I still sometimes here others which are as bad or worse which are now popular like spacker and mong, I would like to say that after I have had a word with them, their parents and the appropriate school it is a long time before I hear it again.

Very often the children are not being prejudicial, they don't have a clue what the words stand for or mean but once it is pointed out they are quite upset especially as there are more and more CP and Downs children going to main stream schools and many of them know them as friends.