Walddk Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 What can you and what can't you say when you're a public person like Tiger Woods? Generally speaking, what is permissable, and what is not, also as a layman? Maybe read this article first: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4902432.stm There seems to be such a difference between English (Britain) and English (America). Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 "What can you and what can't you say when you're a public person like Tiger Woods?" You *can* say almost anything you want to. If you are not only a public figure, but a role model for many millions of children and teenagers, then you *should* be very careful, as Tiger Woods usually is. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceOfHeart Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 "What can you and what can't you say when you're a public person like Tiger Woods?" You *can* say almost anything you want to. If you are not only a public figure, but a role model for many millions of children and teenagers, then you *should* be very careful, as Tiger Woods usually is. Peter agree..just look at Paris Hilton. Anyway exercise your right of free speech! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 I watched the interview on BBC1 and heard the phone-in on Radio 5live. I've never heard so much twaddle in my life! The problem with British Society these days is that there are an AWFUL lot of people who make a nusence (or however it's spelt) of themselves by trying to take offence on behalf of other people, most of whom don't see anything wrong with the initial comment in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 So he should not have said it. I agree with that but let it be done with that. Instead it goes all over the world and gets over-analyzed. The media attention to this is way too much. We all know what it's like to have been playing in Heat 3. Especially if golf (or bridge, or ...) is your life you can get emotional over that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted April 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 nusence (or however it's spelt) Nuisance it is, but there is nothing wrong with spelt if you are from Britain: "Its principal parts are spell, spelled or spelt, spelled or spelt, Americans preferring spelled, the British, spelt". Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Isnt it the British that also called cigarettes "Fags"? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 I rememer the insult 'Joey' from around 20 years ago, but never knew its origin! You learn something new every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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