Pollack - rude name, maybe racist, so now it's: Colin

Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:34 pm

I give up.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090406/to ... 58bda.html

To an English ear, "pollack" sounds unfortunately like a slang word for testicles, as well being close to two other words used as insults, one of them racist. Sainsbury's environment manager Alison Austin said the rebranding initiative would also help protect dwindling stocks of other fish which are more typically eaten as part of Britain's famous fish and chips culture.

Where does that leave the Irish for Wrasse then?

Re: Pollack - rude name, maybe racist, so now it's: Colin

Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:47 pm

well it looks likes the english are getting as pc as the Yanks
bring on the madness

Re: Pollack - rude name, maybe racist, so now it's: Colin

Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:52 pm

wouldn't "colin" be pronounced "colon" anyway?

Re: Pollack - rude name, maybe racist, so now it's: Colin

Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:00 pm

I recommend using the correct spelling "Pollock" - might do the trick :P :lol: :wink: or call them "sea salmon", like the Germans :idea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock