Steph,

I must admit that I remain uncomfortable with the "c" word.

I don't entirely agree with the broadcaster. lakritze has a valid point when he says "You can usually look behind the words to the attitude.Sometimes you can get the feeling that someone is a chauvinist schwein without them even uttering an oink." If the broadcaster's point was that an expression is offensive only if you let it be - if it is inadvertent, well OK.

When someone appears or seems to be intentionally discourteous, or even overtly inconsiderate, I am rather more suspicious of what would otherwise be innocuous.

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