New Posts For Thread: The word 'YOUTH' has negative connotationshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotationshttp://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/142945/Youths-Don-t-be-offensiveYOUNG offenders will no longer be called youths because the word has The trouble is the Tory spokesman in BC's OP talks about "coming down hard" which we already know doesn't work. What they need to do is come down effectively.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348702#417348702The trouble is the Tory spokesman in BC's OP talks about "coming down hard" which we already know doesn't work. What they need to do is come down effectively.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:02:41 -0600Latalomne beat me to the punch there.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348698#417348698Latalomne beat me to the punch there.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:01:17 -0600It's the crime and punishment bits that have negative connotations, surely?The irony is that "youth" as a collective noun for, erm, youths was itself a pc invention.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348694#417348694It's the crime and punishment bits that have negative connotations, surely?The irony is that "youth" as a collective noun for, erm, youths was itself a pc invention.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:00:08 -0600I'd have thought 'offender' had more negative connotations, personally.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348686#417348686I'd have thought 'offender' had more negative connotations, personally.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:56:59 -0600pass the dutchieso who sung thathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348682#417348682pass the dutchieso who sung thatSat, 28 Nov 2009 03:55:42 -0600MIDGET GEMS. Take that.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348678#417348678MIDGET GEMS. Take that.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:54:34 -0600in the last year our screens/posters have changed fromengineering work at the weekendto rail improvement worksnow we have route improvement workssame thing just spelt differentlyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348670#417348670in the last year our screens/posters have changed fromengineering work at the weekendto rail improvement worksnow we have route improvement workssame thing just spelt differentlySat, 28 Nov 2009 03:53:21 -0600A rare victory for common se... no hold on - Political Correctness gone mad. Oh I don't know anymore, I'll suppose I'll sit here seething either wayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348634#417348634A rare victory for common se... no hold on - Political Correctness gone mad. Oh I don't know anymore, I'll suppose I'll sit here seething either waySat, 28 Nov 2009 03:14:31 -0600http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/142945/Youths-Don-t-be-offensiveYOUNG offenders will no longer be called youths because the word has https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411890/the-word-youth-has-negative-connotations?post_id=417348630#417348630http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/142945/Youths-Don-t-be-offensiveYOUNG offenders will no longer be called youths because the word has Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:12:15 -0600