Re: [Corpora-List] Numpties and bennies

From: Briony Williams (b.williams@bangor.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2006 - 13:39:57 MET

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    Nicholas Sanders wrote:
    > 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?

    In Scotland, "numpty" is often heard as a general informal synonym for
    "idiot", and with no specific reference to Downs Syndrome. I've encountered
    it applied to managers by team members in a business context.

    Regards

    Briony Williams 

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