Am I being a snowflake about this - name of a nursery that is similar to something I find offensive ?

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AIBU to not want to send my child (of a mixed heritage) to a childminder with a name that is very similar to something offensive (GW). It’s come up when searching and is the closest to my work but I can’t even contemplate contacting them as it’s too close to the name of an offensive item ?

You’re being a snowflake, sorry.

I know that it’s not the same word it just makes me feel really uncomfortable

Oh. If it’s pollywoggle YABU

Moira Shoesinside killed me 🤣🤣

How do you manage with Scunthorpe, OP?

OP. Come over to blackmumsnetters and post this in there 💐

Surely this is a wind up? No-one could possibly be so ridiculous.

Oh I was so wishing for a childminder called Barbara Bumbaclart. I can understand not being comfortable with anything incorporating the syllable “wog” to be fair, it’s a horrible racial slur.

Pollywogs???? Just after goggling another name for tadpoles. To me, tadpoles are babies so the name is just a synonym?

Don't send your child there then. Easy, isn't it!

Some people find the term ‘snowflake’ offensive but anyway.

And you can use the word Golliwog in a discussion about what might be offensive.

Your general communication of this thread make me think you YABU, in the absence in relevant information

Polliwogs

Seems like a popular choice for little kids play centre and nurseries.

I think you are too busy being offended to even call let alone look and see if your child would be happy there.

It is an actual word and they may not have linked it with GW as you are referring to it as. It's quite cute I think but I didn't make that link. Word is pollywog btw meaning tadpole

I probably am I just saw it and felt that instant feeling of ‘oh no’ and then immediately thought what if a child mispronounced it as children do, or just the end part of the word I just felt so uncomfortable and thought well I can’t even ask if they have spaces

That's a you problem! It's ridiculous to say one is like the other.

Don't send your kids there then?

Pollywog is a well known term for a tadpole. There is nothing racist about it.
Do you avoid all words that rhyme with racist words?
You are being ridiculous.

Polliwog - meaning tadpole, etymology (head) (wiggle)?

You feel how you feel. I loathe the term snowflake and I feel how I feel about it.

It’s hard to explain it’s just that instant feeling you get ?

Forgot to attach actual reference

Everybody typed faster than me!

Another lovely old word for tadpoles is porriwiggles.

Is it Pollywog? You don’t have to say but personally I think it’s a terrible choice of name, very insensitive, and can see why you would want to avoid it.

If it's polliwoggle then you're being a bit precious as it's just another name for tadpole. However, I think if it were me, I would have named it Tadpoles instead