gaspargomez":cucbp1nl said:Sometimes even a fairly innocent remark can be described as 'abhorrent' in these PC times so I'd wait and see what Songo'o is supposed to have said exactly before making a judgement.
Let's remember that this is a game where players are always pretending to be injured or abused in order to get their opponents sent off.
There's a link to the original incident on the Football Forum:Nobby":makbsb27 said:gaspargomez":makbsb27 said:Sometimes even a fairly innocent remark can be described as 'abhorrent' in these PC times so I'd wait and see what Songo'o is supposed to have said exactly before making a judgement.
Let's remember that this is a game where players are always pretending to be injured or abused in order to get their opponents sent off.
If you listen to the highlights, you can hear what he says.
Not defending him at all, but it does make it difficult when speaking a different language, perhaps he has just heard this word being used generally and not knowing that in English how it can either be interpreted as a homophobic insult or that it is a classic British pub dish served with mash and gravy.HC Green":1pjzler0 said:I just wonder who decides it is an homophobic slur when the alleged word has three meanings that I know of, or has 2 of those meanings been taken out of the language?
rongreenblood":dr20qidg said:Apparently we cannot refer to a cigarette as a fag now, and nor can we say pork based meatballs,you know the ones that go with chips and peas,this post may well be deleted as weel.
simon1argyle":3l8lt4kv said:Not defending him at all, but it does make it difficult when speaking a different language, perhaps he has just heard this word being used generally and not knowing that in English how it can either be interpreted as a homophobic insult or that it is a classic British pub dish served with mash and gravy.HC Green":3l8lt4kv said:I just wonder who decides it is an homophobic slur when the alleged word has three meanings that I know of, or has 2 of those meanings been taken out of the language?
When I was at school 15 years ago and even into college, this word (as well as others) were bandied about as what would now be called general banter between mates.
My guess will be that he will plead naivete on this rather than admitting to being homophobic