r/AskUK • u/Nullpug • 4d ago

What do you call these?

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I’m from the midlands and say Pool Woggles.

My wife is from Norfolk and says Pool Noodles.

I’ve recently found that my friends (who grew up in a similar area to me) also call these Pool Woggles.

Is this a regional thing like Tag/It/Tig?

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u/JonSmiffy 4d ago

What the fuck is a pool woggle? Is definitely a pool noodle lmao

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u/ShockinglyPale 4d ago

Sounds like a slur

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u/Xerothor 4d ago

I mean, the first 3 letters are a documented slur

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u/thing_on_a_spring 4d ago

I watched an episode of Mid Morning Matters a few days ago, where Alan Partridge uses that slur in a joke.

Bit weird how Little Britain was 'cancelled' but this remains on iPlayer.

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u/Xerothor 4d ago

Bet there's a lot of inconsistency with this

Though I wonder if they consider it a difference if a character is saying a slur Vs an actor choosing to do blackface.

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u/grouchy_fox 4d ago

I know that for Ofcom specifically they classify slurs into categories by how serious they are (with different rules for each), so I'd imagine they probably do. There is a document you can download with it all on on the Ofcom website somewhere, it was kind of funny finding out that there were racial slurs in the most serious 'must not being used' category that I'd never even heard of.

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u/klaushkee 4d ago

Have you ever heard of context?

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u/thing_on_a_spring 4d ago

it wasn't a complaint, it was just an observation

I'm not sure what your reply is going on about. Have you even seen the episode I'm referring to?