Prince William

[Olderkids]

I am pleased to let you know that Prince William is on good form, visiting my home town today, meeting our football team and pulling a pint in the local. He clearly prioritised his engagements this week and this was far too important to miss⚽️🤣

thinking M&H are toerags or beacons of brilliance has no bearing on this thread, which is about William (and Kates) tremendously low number of engagements and apparent lack of commitment to their work - despite the monarchy needing, more than ever, for him to provide stability and step up when others are unable to.

I agree Alice and Alberto.

If someone wants to step back and care for a loved one? Crack on.

I don’t care who you are or what you do.

WTF is a toerag and why would you call any human being such a thing?!

@AliceOlive I am older and toerag when I grew up simply meant a bit mischievous. It was not a bad thing to say about someone.

Good grief. Toerag is a very very mild almost fun term where I come from
There's no need to get insulted by that word

I've often wondered if they limit their work commitments just now because they know things will change when they become King and Queen and I suppose William saw first hand what being royal did to his parents

Oh and I didn't work for a number of years and had a couple of staff... loved it!

Toerag isn't offence

I find it fascinating that some people have access to mumsnet and the time to write and post a comment, but seem unable to use google...

Well don’t count on me going around calling H&M that even if you all are cool with it.

It's like calling someone a scamp or a rascal

I don't think anyone expects you to

Why are you insulted by it? I double checked on alternatives in Oxford English Dictionary and it offered me scamp and rascal
Let's not make a mountain out of a molehill

You are being a wee toerag again Rousette

After Sussex squad go where? I thought this thread was about the royal family

Some might say toe rag.

Others will differ…

I can be a bit of a scamp and a toerag all at the same time!

Let me know too if you ever find out!

The thread is just another attempt to attack a man while his wife is recovering from a serious operation father is being treated for cancer…

If you get elected to congress in US, even for one term, you get a pension and healthcare for life. It is enough to never work again. And they vote on their own benefits!

Nice! Booking my flights!

Very poor performance. I suppose it means they aren’t very confident in their abilities if they have to level the playing field to that degree…

It turns out I do have access to google! Thanks so much for the suggestion.

I am not surprised to find OED explaining that:

toe-rag is considered derogatory

Also, you might want to check the origins a bit more deeply. It has both classist and racist connotations. The classist connotation - mocking the poor - was obvious. But it’s also racial in nature as it relates to the Tuareg people.

Language evolves as does what people consider appropriate in terms of usage, no matter what words you may have used to insult others in your youth.

Probably good to know what the words really mean if you are going to throw them around. Like you said, google is available to everyone.

Calm down love

Facts are really annoying, aren’t they?

Perhaps yoga ....