I can confirm that in British-English "fag" is a harmless word. Yes, it's also an offensive term for a gay man, but the two are unrelated. See also near enough every episode of Eastenders that has ever aired (at least until mentions of cigarettes was completely forbidden). For the record, it's also a word that can refer to a younger child at a boarding school who is made to run around doing the tasks of an older boy.
Adam On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 7:32 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > On ITV, Peter Barlow has to “nip out back of t’Rovers to smoke a fag” > ever since the Health Act 2006 was passed. > > > > But this is America where, even in context, most people don’t know what > Her Majesty calls a cigarette. > > > > Enter NBCSN announcer (and former right-back for the Gunners) Lee Dixon, > who suggested yesterday that the new gum-chewing Chelsea manager may have > to revert to previous habits given the Blues’ performance: > > > http://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/nbcs-lee-dixon-had-to-apologize-after-he-used-a-british-term-for-cigarettes-during-arsenal-chelsea.html > > > > Chelsea would hold on for the win, 3-2. > > > > _ _ > > |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV > > |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
