TW on BBCA
From everywhere:
If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.
I love you all. *sniff*
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After much internal debate, finally watched the BBCA premiere of "Torchwood" last night. Admittedly I don't have the ep memorized, but I didn't notice where they cut anything, except possibly some of the dialogue with the pizza guy during the "look up the name on the computer" scene.
They did bleep all the f-words, and--this is what surprised me--"twat". But they left in "shit" and "bollocks".
If you'd asked me (and this is why no one did), I'd have said "bollocks", and definitely "shit", ranks worse on the list than "twat". Am I wrong? How acceptable are they all in the UK?
Even knowing the meaning of the term, I would have considered it a mild insult at best. Maybe because it sounds like "twit", which is like calling someone a birdbrain. No big deal. I just figured it was the UK equivalent of "jerk" or "idiot".
So, educate me! I really need to not accidentally start an international incident when I call someone an affectionately-meant nickname that, unbeknownst to me, can't be broadcast on American TV.
If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.
I love you all. *sniff*
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After much internal debate, finally watched the BBCA premiere of "Torchwood" last night. Admittedly I don't have the ep memorized, but I didn't notice where they cut anything, except possibly some of the dialogue with the pizza guy during the "look up the name on the computer" scene.
They did bleep all the f-words, and--this is what surprised me--"twat". But they left in "shit" and "bollocks".
If you'd asked me (and this is why no one did), I'd have said "bollocks", and definitely "shit", ranks worse on the list than "twat". Am I wrong? How acceptable are they all in the UK?
Even knowing the meaning of the term, I would have considered it a mild insult at best. Maybe because it sounds like "twit", which is like calling someone a birdbrain. No big deal. I just figured it was the UK equivalent of "jerk" or "idiot".
So, educate me! I really need to not accidentally start an international incident when I call someone an affectionately-meant nickname that, unbeknownst to me, can't be broadcast on American TV.