Estate Agents drop Master Bedroom from listings

[don'tbesilly]

Johnnytheboy said:

What about terminolgy of clutch hydraulic systems?

Master cylinder, slave cylinder?

I can think of a few who need to add that giff to their library, they could then just use it in every post as opposed to writing any text.

[bitchstewie]

mx5nut said:

Are the Daily Mail running out of things to trigger angry gammons over?

Imagine getting angry about how an estate agent chooses to describe a bedroom

There are times when a thread is worth following simply to watch people implode.

[Last Visit]

Gad-Westy said:

I suppose the phrase does sound odd when you actually stop to think about it but if we're having some reform of estate agent jargon, can we also clean up some of the other wky toss they use?

I'll nominate things like:

The garden 'enjoys' a south facing aspect
The room 'benefits' from a radiator
The use of the word manageable to describe things that are tiny.
The use of the word 'bijou' in any context
Describing a large cupboard as a bedroom
Good transport links = built under spaghetti junction.
Requires 'modernising' or 'updating' to describe derelict buildings in the advanced stages of being reclaimed by nature.

This is the main reason I ignore most if not all of the typed guff. Knowing that they're unlikely to be honest and describe a property as a festering tiny pokey manky sthole inconveniently located in Hellsville.

[mike74]

Alucidnation said:

Christ, 'political correctness', the gift that just keeps on giving.

I think we're going way beyond straight forward political correctness and are now entering levels of insanity and ridiculousness that haven't been seen since 16th Century Puritanism.

[voyds9]

untakenname said:

This has been going on for a few years now, used to work in the AV industry and we had a edict from above that we were to not refer to sockets via gender anymore which was ignored by all on the ground, also had a male client who took offence at a lapel mic being colloquially called a tie mic.

Looks like Canon is also bowed to the PC

article said:

As protests against systemic racism swept the globe this year, there have been calls by some photographers for ending the use of the terms “master” and “slave” in the industry. Now Canon has come forward as the first camera company to officially stop using those terms on its camera gear.

In photographic lighting, a “master” device is one that is able to control/trigger a “slave” device. While these terms have been standard in the industry for decades, some have argued that they’re unnecessary ones that could easily be replaced with alternatives
https://petapixel.com/2020/07/04/canon-has-officia...

How about call them the Right and Left, as the Right usually triggers the Left


Edited to sort out my bad quoting

Edited by voyds9 on Tuesday 7th July 20:20

[colin_p]

bhstewie said:

mx5nut said:

Are the Daily Mail running out of things to trigger angry gammons over?

Imagine getting angry about how an estate agent chooses to describe a bedroom

There are times when a thread is worth following simply to watch people implode.

Especially happy-clapping loony lefty types, who interestingly are conspicuous by their absence. They must be hatching a plan and will no doubt soon unleash a flood of pious puritanical sermons because they won't be able to keep biting their tongues much longer.

[gizlaroc]

irc said:

Been happening a long time. Tewnty five years ago our neighbour was looking for a nursery. One was ruled out when she visited and the kids were singing Ba, Ba, white sheep.

I was back in Leicester in 1993-1995 and living in the flat on the top floor of my Nan's private day nursery, Upper New Walk if anyone knows the area.

Anyway, while there the Leicester City Council put a few rules in place.

Blackboard must be called chalkboard.
Coffee with and without milk.

And lots of other things including "Baa, Baa green sheep".

She was already in her late 60s and she, with the backing of the parents and her staff of different colours, simply ignored them.

When she did some digging it turned out it was a few white tts in the council offices that had decided this. Says it all really.


Like she said, when you're at a nursery you never get a racist kid, they are just 'my mate'.
Starting to control their language does nothing to unite them, it just points out differences, differences that were not there yesterday, controlling language like that will only ever cause divide.

Edited by gizlaroc on Monday 6th July 19:46

[don'tbesilly]

colin_p said:

bhstewie said:

mx5nut said:

Are the Daily Mail running out of things to trigger angry gammons over?

Imagine getting angry about how an estate agent chooses to describe a bedroom

There are times when a thread is worth following simply to watch people implode.

Especially happy-clapping loony lefty types, who interestingly are conspicuous by their absence. They must be hatching a plan and will no doubt soon unleash a flood of pious puritanical sermons because they won't be able to keep biting their tongues much longer.

You mean the condescending, sanctimonious and hypocritical types? They are probably stuck on their incredibly high horses, worried about the possible injuries when they demount or when they fall off.

[anonymous-user]

Juliet balcony when their does identify as a balcony. Offensive.

Jack & Jill bathroom. Wrong. It should be Jack & Jack bathroom and/or Jill & Jill bathroom. Offensive.

Granny annex. Wrong. Granny is offensive. Particularly around Christmas time. When she's had a couple of gins.