WORDS

A headlines on the BBC News web pages read... "Emma Corrin: The Crown star calls for gender neutral awards." 

I must confess I had never heard of this person until I read the Telextext today... oh, boy! 

The star, who identifies as 'non-binary', and uses they/them pronouns, added: "I don't think the categories are inclusive enough at the moment." 

They sat on the toilet? Must have been somewhat cramped and lacking in privacy. They picked their nose! Obviously a shortage of noses these days!  Ya couldn’t make it up… but then someone must have. It's that geezer in the garret in Gorleston again!

In Yorkshire we have “thee”, “thar” and “them”, which has stood us in good stead for quite some time. We also have the saying… “There’s nowt as daft as folk!”

Apparently, the organisations behind the Baftas and Oscars have indicated they are engaged in discussions about the subject… prattle, yammer, babble... blah, blah, blah! 

"It's about everyone being able to feel acknowledged and represented," Corrin said. Blummin’ ‘ummer, missy don’t stop there, let’s be fully aware and inclusive. How about awards for… people who eat nothing but soap… people who walk backwards all the time… or people who like to bathe in tomato soup? The world’s your/it/they/them oyster, isn’t it? 

How does this contrived use of the word ‘they’ affect Morecambe and Wise, The Three Stooges, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans etc. etc.?

As we say in God’s own county… “There’s nowt as daft as fowk!” By what I have read today, it’s getting dafter!

My main concern is an assault on the English language… the most spoken language in the world. We lost the word “gay” some time ago, which has compromised some film titles and song lyrics, as does current use of the word ‘woke’, which stifles Herman’s Hermits’ “I’m into Something Good”, a favourite of my wife and myself.