I learned some new words.... that I didn't need to know.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 4:13 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > Every so often, Ofcom - essentially the UK version of the FCC - publishes > a report into public attitudes towards language on TV and radio. > > This isn't *their* take on what's offensive. It's what audiences find > offensive, and how offensive specific words are. > > As you might know, we have something called the 9pm watershed in the UK, > which means that stronger language can't be used before 9pm on free-to-air > networks. Behind paywalls, the rules are looser, and of course in the > streaming environment, there aren't cut-offs like that. > > Anyway, Ofcom have tabulated offensive words in a number of categories, > and what I find especially interesting is that in the "Strong" category, > there are many more offensive words referring to someone's race or > gender/sexual identity than there are in the more "traditional" > sex/bodyparts category. > > For a really deep dive, Ofcom has also gone into non-English language used > by some South Asian speakers, as well as language used to talk about > people's political affiliations (e.g. "snowflake"). The latter are nearly > all considered to be in the least offensive "mild" category. > > Anyway, sociologically and linguistically interesting. > > > https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/225336/offensive-language-summary-report.pdf > > > Adam > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCiWVjH8wgqz7Q%2B_R6q0C0jbdGV7v%2BPQc_cZ1r6S6yrGg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCiWVjH8wgqz7Q%2B_R6q0C0jbdGV7v%2BPQc_cZ1r6S6yrGg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Doug Eastick <[email protected]> -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bpk_hCgki6ykOPiYEMXg3iufsW58v8tqkQpf%2BSDy8RGHg%40mail.gmail.com.
