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to think people shouldn't use words if they dont understand the meaning

136 replies

elmoandella · 03/12/2008 17:28

i am fed up of the term hun being used on this site is an example. it is being used to offend people who buy and sell on prams in another thread.

where i come from this term originates (and still stands for) an offensive term a catholic uses to say someone is a protestant.

therefore it is extremely offensive to call me a "pram hun"

why use a word if you dont knows its meaning.

OP posts:
piscesmoon · 03/12/2008 19:21

I think you work out the meaning in the context of the message-it is quite obvious the person is being friendly and caring -so there is no point in substituting your own meaning which doesn't fit.

LoveBeingAMummyKissingSanta · 03/12/2008 19:24

If you are offended then get of the thread, just as I will be getting out of this one.

AnarchyAunt · 03/12/2008 19:26

CakeYerbouti - I got a farkaboo in smeg with muff if u wanna swap hun lol

kettlechip · 03/12/2008 19:41

Oh my goodness, this is the most ridiculous thread I've read in weeks. Elmo, sorry but you really need to get out more.

And pram huns? IMHO it says a lot about the kind of people who are obsessed with prams that they'd spell honey with a u.

Ronaldinhio · 03/12/2008 19:43

sticks and stones can break my bones but

huns can rarely harm me

(these days)

Mamazontopofsanta · 03/12/2008 19:44

i think you should learn to understand the context in which a phrase is used before spouting off like a demented loon.

Ronaldinhio · 03/12/2008 19:46

I hope that was directed at me mamazon

takes a lunatic bow

Mamazontopofsanta · 03/12/2008 19:48

of course not. but you can be a lunatic if you really really want.

themildmanneredjanitor · 03/12/2008 19:48

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Ronaldinhio · 03/12/2008 19:51

lunatic checks outside to see if she can see the moon

trys to determine where she is with regards the cycle

gives up eats chocolate

TheNewsMongersGeansaiNollag · 03/12/2008 19:53

yeah, in that context I took it to mean hun/honey. like a bit of a patronising put down. NOT a German. I knew hun was a derogatory term for a German. NObody, protestant or catholic would walk up to a 'churman' and say, oy hun! unless said churman was a lover of many prams. pramslut.

themildmanneredjanitor · 03/12/2008 19:56

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myredcardigan · 03/12/2008 21:06

How about if half the time we call them pramfenians! Would that even the score?

TheNewsMongersGeansaiNollag · 03/12/2008 21:54

Pramfenian huns! Oh that is so PC!!!! loving it!

Waltzywotzy · 03/12/2008 22:00

what's going on?
I don't understand
there appears to be poo throwing and cheese knobs
is it a buffet for pooh bears and eeyores?
is there any huney?

hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:02

Elmo i am glad you are here! I just replied on the other thread, and i was thinking to myself about prodestants and thought maybe it was to do with football - you know Rangers fans get called huns. I thought maybe because they bought all the new home and away strips every season, and some people buy prams a lot (every season or more).. yehhh.. you know what i mean?

Think i am catching up now though aha!

A pram hunny. Okay, thats a bit better lol.

TheCrackFox · 03/12/2008 22:06

Maybe Glasgow Rangers have their own line in prams? Perhaps this had led to all the confusion?

hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:12

Yeh, maybe that's what it is .

Or maybe because there is a lot of trouble made over religion and football here, that the term may be quite offensive.

I've never heard anyone called a pram hun before. But my partner was stabbed for walking in the wrong part of town once with a boy wearing a 'hun top'.

Waltzywotzy · 03/12/2008 22:20

If I saw someone with a top that had those words on I wouldn't know what it meant. If you type "hun means" into google.uk on the first two pages various meanings.

hun means "puppet
hun" ought to be reserved for someone special

Sorry to hear he was stabbed for wearing a tshirt with a logo on it. Best to avoid logos.

2AdventSevenfoldShoes · 03/12/2008 22:25

have a look
I think people are just looking for an excuse to pick a argument imo

hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:27

Hey, he was stabbed because his friend was wearing a Glasgow Rangers Football Club top. People call them 'huns' as a negative, offensive name against their football team or religion. The top didnt have 'hun' written on it, it was just a football top - this team
His friend was smacked with a slab and he was stabbed in the head.
Hun is something that celtic fans or catholics call their rivals rangers.

That is why was confused and didn't click it meant honey.

TheCrackFox · 03/12/2008 22:30

TBH only people in the West Coast of Scotland would know that. Most people would associate "hun" with honey.

devoutsceptic · 03/12/2008 22:31

bitch is offensive if applied to a woman, but not a female dog.
tart is offensive if applied to a woman, but not a cake-type dessert.
chocolate face is offensive if applied to a black child, but not if applied to a child with chocolate on their face.
Context is all

2AdventSevenfoldShoes · 03/12/2008 22:32

hollyandnoah sorry you have confused me

myredcardigan · 03/12/2008 22:33

Look, DH is from Glasgow and it is a insult thrown at protestants or more specifically, Rangers Fans. However, it's a rare use of the word in the wider scheme of things and is by no means its natural or common usage.

Should we stop using the word pig because it's sometimes used as an insult to police officers? Or the word screw because it's used for prison officers.