http://www.metafilter.com/tags/prudish Posts tagged with 'prudish' at MetaFilter. Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:44:52 -0800 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:44:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/49896/The%2DShavian%2Dadjective <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060309/od_nm/australia_ads_dc_1">So where here the b****y hell are you?</a> has been banned from UK TV screens by the BACC (<a href="http://www.tourismaustralia.com/NewsCentre.asp?sub=0315&al=2168">Thanks a b****y lot</a>) for being offensive even though a study (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/radio/reports/bcr/#content">Language and Sexual Imagery in Broadcasting: A Contextual Investigation</a>) <small>[PDF]</small> released by Ofcom in September 2005 found that b****y was <i>"Not really offensive to any group, seen as everyday sort of language"</i>. This from the nation that brought us <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=KgUqdIdiHOY" title="Obligatory youtube">Little Britain</a><small> [NSFW]</small>. Some <a href="http://www.bestrejectedadvertising.com/ban/main.html">banned</a> advertising still lives on though. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49896 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:44:52 -0800 advertising australia britain isayoldchap language offensive prudish shavianadjective tellurian