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

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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:
hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:34

I'm in Central Scotland and that's what i thought though. I was racking my mind for what prams had to do with footy lol .Most people probably would associate it with honey i guess.

southeastastra · 03/12/2008 22:34

only read op. yes it's a good a reason as any to ban hun.

hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:36

Red, i'm not saying that :S I just was confused at first about what it all had to do with prams.. but then after reading this thread and seeing elmos post, i realised that it wasn't what i was thinking..

2AdventSevenfoldShoes · 03/12/2008 22:36

southeastastra ban the word or the huns

hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:37

sorry, what are you confused by?

myredcardigan · 03/12/2008 22:38

It's not used by Catjolics in general to describe Protestants in the same way as Protestants don't go around calling Catholics dirty Fenians. It's used on a Saturday afternoon and by thuggish yobs pissed up on a Saturday night.

Oh and if your DH and his friend knew anything about Glasgow they would know never to walk through the street on a night wearing old firm colours. Almost every pub and club in the city has no old firmcolours rule. When you marry into a Glasgow family you learn all this very quickly.

2AdventSevenfoldShoes · 03/12/2008 22:40

oh ffs this is getting silly
if my db wore a westham shirt to a chelse match he would probally gte beaten up.
I can't see what all tha has to do with a word like hun!
it is just a term of endearment often used as a pisstake on here,
and I for one am now going to use it
ok huns

myredcardigan · 03/12/2008 22:41

Just asked DH (from Glasgow)and he said he would think of hun as short for honey before he thought anything else.

hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:42

Yeh, my dp is from Rutherglen. Lived there all his life untill he moved here with me, but i t was broad day light, they were walking the dog and not looking for trouble.. and the people who done it were aged between 11 and 15!!
Anyway.. i wan't after an argument here! hides i was just glad that someone was as confused as i.

SnowballsintheSky · 03/12/2008 22:44

I'm Catholic and I have no clue what's going on here. So I'm going to go and finish my packing...

myredcardigan · 03/12/2008 22:45

2shoes, I think the OP is bonkers but wearing claret to a Chelsea match is not the same as wearing a Rangers top around Parkhead. Honestly. Unless you've lived there (which I did for 3years) you have no idea how mad passionate these people are. I would never, ever have allowed any of my kids to wear a football top anywhere in the west of Scotland.

myredcardigan · 03/12/2008 22:47
hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:48

yeh, it can be quite scary in Glasgow sometimes! Especially on a match day!

2AdventSevenfoldShoes · 03/12/2008 22:51

my point is neither thing has the remote link to someone using the word hun on a thread about prams

hollyandnoah · 03/12/2008 22:55

yeh, you're right. It doesn't.. thats why i was confused and glad elmo was in the same boat.. kwim?
Never mind anyway.. I didn't want an argument, so sorry!

MrsMuddle · 03/12/2008 23:14

OP, you have a very large chip on your shoulder.

Ivegotaheadache · 03/12/2008 23:34

Where are you from where that word would be used by a catholic to describe a protestant?

I've never heard that one before.

Ponders · 04/12/2008 01:10

wind-up...???

jingleMAMADIVAsbells · 04/12/2008 01:30

I am Glasweigan, I am a rangers fan and I am also a prodestant(well baptised one I dont do religion) and have been called a hun most of my life!

It is used by some Celtic fans or any other 'catholic teams' to slag off prodestant(sp) fans/teams, as is the term fenion used by some prodestant fans.

Both are secretarian bullshit! IMO anyway.

TinkerBellesMum · 04/12/2008 02:29

This thread has given me laugh. I hope the OP is a wind up

Hun is short for honey, hon would be said totally different from hun so wouldn't be short for honey. On MN it's a take on sparkly forums where people type in txt spk and call each other Hun or Hunz. IRL I'm sure many people use hun as a term of endearment. Certainly in Birmingham people call each other by endearments all the time.

onthewarpath · 04/12/2008 13:08

I always used LOL as "Lot of love" and discovered yesterday it in the accronym list it meant "laughing out loud". Thee must be quit a few people on MN wandring what on earth I was finding so funny

MadamDeathstarOverBethlehem · 04/12/2008 13:38

To find the term 'hun' offensive on Mumsnet, you would have to believe that most of the posters are Glaswegian football supporters who have invaded a major parenting forum to insult protestants and proclaim the benefits of extended breastfeeding.

MrsFogi · 04/12/2008 13:44

This is fantastic (I admit I haven't read it all) but a warning to us all - post with care you may be impaled on your own post!

pamelat · 04/12/2008 13:54

I thought hun was short of honey.

However, I use "hon" - rightly or wrongly

onthewarpath · 04/12/2008 14:31

MrsFogi, ROFL!

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