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Old 23-08-2016, 18:00
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That wasn't the connection. The connection was that they were the first at the top level in their sport to announce to the general public that they are gay (or something to that effect)

And yes, firsts like that are notable, as they start to break down another barrier so that others who fear persecution or ridicule or prejudice for something that has no effect on their ability to do their job can be themselves, instead of having to pretend they're something they're not. After a few more have followed suit, nobody much will care any more - apart from a small minority of bigots who will never be convinced anyway.
But they weren't the first, certainly not in the case of Hirst and Hitzlsperger, Ian Roberts in the NRL came out years previously, and I would have thought Justin Fashanu would have been the first in football.
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Old 23-08-2016, 18:20
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They got the final name correct which is all that matters.
Apparently not after last week. You can make up your own sequence now.
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Old 23-08-2016, 18:21
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But they weren't the first, certainly not in the case of Hirst and Hitzlsperger, Ian Roberts in the NRL came out years previously, and I would have thought Justin Fashanu would have been the first in football.
Not while he was still playing.
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Old 23-08-2016, 18:28
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In the "Mels" question last night did anybody else think, when just Carl Reiner and Griff Rhys Jones came up, of the old Holsten Pils movie spoof TV commercials (Carl Reiner having directed the film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid which they were based on, and GRJ obviously having featured in them)?

I assume this was simply a coincidence as opposed to a deliberate trip-up, since I guess they wouldn't use a brand name so overtly, plus it's more the wall rounds that have red herrings. It amused me, anyway
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Old 23-08-2016, 19:01
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Not while he was still playing.
Hitzlsperger had also retired before he came out as gay
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Old 23-08-2016, 19:18
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In the "Mels" question last night did anybody else think, when just Carl Reiner and Griff Rhys Jones came up, of the old Holsten Pils movie spoof TV commercials (Carl Reiner having directed the film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid which they were based on, and GRJ obviously having featured in them)?

I assume this was simply a coincidence as opposed to a deliberate trip-up, since I guess they wouldn't use a brand name so overtly, plus it's more the wall rounds that have red herrings. It amused me, anyway
Well that's you shot - it's "on which they were based".
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Old 23-08-2016, 19:30
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Well that's you shot - it's "on which they were based".
I wasn't a contestant.
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Old 23-08-2016, 19:53
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So, I really, like, can't stand people who, like, use so, to start any, like sentence, you know!

My other gripe, in case you hadn't noticed, is the ridiculous over use of the word "like" where what they are talking about isn't like anything!! Why are English speakers so scared of a fraction of a second silence while they collect their thoughts, instead of filling it with pointless sounds, such as like or so, or you know.
There's a much more annoying habit that has crept into the media (mostly newspapers, but increasingly telly) and it is people referring to the people of Britain as "us Brits".

It's not just annoying, it's wrong. Try it with something other than 'Brits' and it reveals itself as ungrammatical nonsense: 'Us Scots', 'Us Germans', Us dog-lovers' etc.

It's "WE BRITS"...and even then who the hell says 'Brits' apart from bloody Americans?
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Old 23-08-2016, 20:10
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It's "WE BRITS"...and even then who the hell says 'Brits' apart from bloody Americans?
The Republicans in Northern Ireland during the " Troubles ", it's where I first heard the term.
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Old 23-08-2016, 20:23
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Well that's you shot - it's "on which they were based".
I wasn't a contestant.
I think Janet was referring to the clip in post #4247
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Old 23-08-2016, 22:10
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Got the WW1 name changing thing after Alsatian came up.

I wonder if that's when Rubella became the preferred name rather than German Measles.
No. Rubella is the "new" name. If you go back to the 1960s, nobody had Rubella, it was very much German measles. Possibly because it's a "bad" thing, so the German context would have been apt?
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Old 23-08-2016, 22:18
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No. Rubella is the "new" name. If you go back to the 1960s, nobody had Rubella, it was very much German measles. Possibly because it's a "bad" thing, so the German context would have been apt?
Makes me wonder why they renamed Sauerkraut then
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Old 23-08-2016, 22:26
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Makes me wonder why they renamed Sauerkraut then
I didn't know they had.
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Old 23-08-2016, 22:55
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I didn't know they had.
Did you even watch the program in question?
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Old 23-08-2016, 23:50
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Well that's you shot - it's "on which they were based".
Yes, that's all well and good but can you describe the South Sea Bubble and it's effects on investment?
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Old 24-08-2016, 00:35
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Did you even watch the program in question?
Sauerkraut?
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Old 24-08-2016, 00:38
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No. Rubella is the "new" name. If you go back to the 1960s, nobody had Rubella, it was very much German measles. Possibly because it's a "bad" thing, so the German context would have been apt?
New?

OED

1866 H. Veale in Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1867) 12 i. 414, I therefore venture to propose Rubella as a substitute for Rötheln, or, at any rate, as a name for the disease which it has been my object in this paper to describe.
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Old 24-08-2016, 06:09
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Got the WW1 name changing thing after Alsatian came up.

I wonder if that's when Rubella became the preferred name rather than German Measles.
I might have got that one if they'd included Empire Biscuits (= German Biscuits).
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Old 24-08-2016, 09:28
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Yes, that's all well and good but can you describe the South Sea Bubble and it's effects on investment?
Oh dear, another shooting offence!
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Old 24-08-2016, 09:38
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No. Rubella is the "new" name. If you go back to the 1960s, nobody had Rubella, it was very much German measles. Possibly because it's a "bad" thing, so the German context would have been apt?

Corruption of "germane". Like measles in other words.
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Old 24-08-2016, 11:18
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Mine was Gordon Jackson
That was mine too!
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Old 24-08-2016, 12:02
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Yes, that's all well and good but can you describe the South Sea Bubble and it's effects on investment?
Outstanding Not the Nine O'Clock News reference.
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Old 24-08-2016, 12:47
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Outstanding Not the Nine O'Clock News reference.
I just noticed that!
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Old 24-08-2016, 13:28
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Outstanding Not the Nine O'Clock News reference.
Odd name for a goldfish , wasn't it ?
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Old 24-08-2016, 17:07
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Outstanding Not the Nine O'Clock News reference.
For those who don't have memories, explain ?
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