You people complain about one word not being acceptable in a forum which does not accept many words.

There is one small difference though, the "N" word is one of the most racially offensive words in the English language while "F" an "C" are banned here because they are considered rude.

Although the BBC thinks the C word is one of the most offensive

The N word is apparently even selectively offensive nowadays, rappers use it, as do some comedians and nobody blinks. Due to it's unpleasant origin it is neither a word I agree with or would use. That aside the whole pile of nonsense has been dug up by some money grabbing upstart who I doubt cares less about the origin of the word just the money he got taking a piece of footage, neither in the public domain nor intended for it and selling it to a scam rag that purports to be about 'news'.

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To be honest i think the may have hit the tone dead right......

They cant be seen to do nothing as that would anger daily mail readers...... However they are fully aware of the facts and that the section was cut, the fact that it may sound like the n word was bought to the attention of the production team by clarkson and that the particular shot was re-done and the retake used.

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i assume that the rhyme used in the unbroadcast scene has never been heard in times bt previous generations, , by ancestors.... let alone is this 'thin ice' day and age of political steadfastness.

I also assume, that most of the scenes in 'Blazing Saddles' have been completely chopped, rendering the plot useless.


there are countless problems with this word, but there are people using it everyday. however, it's a doomed phrase/word and there must be people here and there that have indeed lost their livelyhood, by using such unfashionable words/phrases etc.

maybe we could just say Ti**er, that silly tiger in whinny the p**h!

Interesting reaction from the BBC.

Bit of trivia on the BBC use of that word: It was used in a children's nursery rhyme in the 1965 Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker. They junked that episode decades ago, but recently released the soundtrack on CD/audio. Rather than censor the episode, they allowed the linking narration to overlap and obscure that particular line of dialog. Now, armed with the 60s script and an 'audio expert' I'm sure one can resurrect what was said. I think the BBC made the right call with DW, but if one can be guilty over a "75% chance" like Clarkson, shouldn't they be guilty with their 100% of allowing the word to be used on their official merchandise?

Load of bol locks over nothing , all this " Minorities getting upset at the use of a certain word " Sooner or later people will be seriously having to think before they open their mouth in fear of upsetting "other people" ...

It's PC gone mad .... And for something that ended up on the cutting room floor to be first page news is madness ...

Jeez we Scots get called Jocks does it bother us .... No

And you English get called T.wats ( mostly by us Scots that get called Jocks ) does that bother you ... No ====================================

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I work with several people of Scottish descent, some are Weegies, some Aberdonians.

We were discussing place names in the bar recently and I was astounded to discover that Partick Thistle was named just that!

I always thought it was called Partick Thistle Nil....

Too bloody right, sick of being dictated to about words we can and cannot use, look what happened to the poor old gollywog!

Whole load of rubbish from what I can see (not that I voted that way... I voted 'No' it's not the end of TopGear/Clarkson - should have read the question which swaps the answer around...)

He does push it regularly, but that's his USP - personally I think the slope on the bridge was worse if what I've read (word was supposed to be mumbled, Clarkson pointed out in one 'take' that it could still be clear, this is the version now being circulated) is taken at face value

Sorry, I should have worded the poll question to better match the thread title - my bad.

I wonder if some of this is more of an age thing, ie I'm 44 and when I was a kid, all sorts of name calling used to happen. We had jokes that started "an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman......." and then the "Irish" jokes.

It's what we heard growing up, and to be honest, I never thought that much into it at the time.

My Dad is nearly 70 and he blurted out in the car the other day, to my 9 and 6 year old nephews that when he was young "we had a colour called n-word brown". My sister went well mad.

I couldn't believe he said it to be fair. He was right though, I remember my mum saying it. 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

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I always thought offence was taken, not given. So let the BBC sack him. ITV will hire him, release a new series called "Top Cars", May & Hammond will also jump ship and it'll all be back to normal.

^ I thought the same. Like it or lothe it, Top Gear makes a lot of £.

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The 'N' word is used in a host of circumstances in the traditionally black rap/hip hop music community, in some blockbuster films and in modern life....it's not a word I like as it means much more than a skin colour so he deserves a slapped wrist but sacking is a bit strong....

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