Tuesday, July 29, 2014



Councillor, 70, who called herself the 'n***** in the woodpile' is sent on equality and diversity course

It was once a common expression.  I would have used it myself in the old days

A 70-year-old councillor who called herself ‘the n***** in woodpile’ has been sent on an equality and diversity course.

Convent-educated Elizabeth Peters used the offensive term while speaking to a member of the public after a Stroud District Council meeting.

The grandmother, who runs a bed and breakfast in Brimscombe, Gloucestershire, and organises the village fete, apologised but said the phrase was commonly used when she was young.

She said: ‘I’m 70 and grew up with this kind of thing. It was just something which slipped out. It was not directed at anyone except myself.   ‘There were no foreigners around. I have already apologised to the two people who were upset.

The phrase, used as a metaphor to describe a hidden fact or problem, originally referred to fugitive slaves who hid in piles of firewood in the American Deep South in the mid-19th century.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Similarly, the "cunt hair" may no longer be used as a unit of measurement.

Bird of Paradise said...

Liberals beleive everyone has Fre Speech except if their conservatives

Anonymous said...

4:35 Because it a scarce commodity in western society?

I would have to ask of who the two assholes who she used the expression too why they publicised the episode after she apologised. As far as I am concerned it is the complainants that need counselling.

Anonymous said...

The two complainants should be counter-sued for ageism!

Go Away Bird said...

I can remember as kids using the N word many times like in EEnie,Meenie,Minie,Mo and those nuts we called N***** Toes