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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  I agree but looking at in the reality of what the BBFC are saying is that you shouldn't let your kids watch Mary bloody Poppins alone in case they hear the word 'Hottentot'. |
I don't think it'll make any difference to most people. It does show that the BBFC is aware of how language changes and things that were commonplace 60 years ago now have the potential to offend, so err on the side of caution for today's (or tomorrow's) sensibilities.
I've never given the word a single thought before today and associated more with Tom Lehrer's 'We'll All Go Together When We Go', a satirical song about nuclear Armageddon in which the final verse is:
"And we will all go together when we go.
Ev'ry hottenhot and ev'ry eskimo.
When the air becomes uranious,
And we will all go simultaneous.
Yes we all will go together
When we all go together,
Yes we all will go together when we go."
I suppose Eskimo would probably be subject to the same criteria, given that the indigenous Alaskans are now referred to as Inuits.