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John Byrne

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Posted: 23 November 2019 at 11:05am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

“Spaniard” is okay? So long since I’ve heard the term I sort of assumed the PC Police had shunted it off into the Hell of the Formerly Acceptable.
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Carlos Velasco
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Posted: 23 November 2019 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Yes, it's perfectly fine. It's a noun, Spanish is an adjective.

I confess I also thought it was derogatory when I first heard the word. Hell, I didn't even know Canada was a monarchy until the people in this topic started mentioning a mysterious "queen" and her corgis (I thought monarchies were an European thing).

By the way, speaking about (tiny, mutant, with multiple genetic diseases) dogs...

- The bizarre truth about purebred dogs


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Bill Collins
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Posted: 23 November 2019 at 1:06pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Dogs made of bread? Disgusting!

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Carlos Velasco
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Posted: 23 November 2019 at 1:22pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Ooops! Thankfully the forum has allowed me to correct that through editing.
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Peter Martin
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Posted: 23 November 2019 at 6:19pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Kennels clubs often mate purebred dogs with their parents and siblings? Utter, utter bollocks.

And the old version of the bulldog was a dog you did not want to meet. The modern bulldog definitely has physiological problems and I would never buy one for that reason, but temperament-wise they are great. And therein you have one of the fallacies in that flippant git's video. "Purebreds are a form of genetic manipulation humans made up just to amuse ourselves". One of the things consistently selected for temperamentally are dogs being biddable, loyal and non-aggressive to their owners. Mutts probably are healthier as whole, all other things being equal, but you haven't got a clue about how they will be temperamentally.

Whereas you know a doberman will be a good watchdog. That a pointer will know how to point. That a poodle's coat will be water repellent. That a border collie will be intelligent. That a spaniel will have a soft mouth. That a Newfoundland will like to swim.

Yeah, all just made up to amuse ourselves.
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Peter Martin
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Posted: 23 November 2019 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

(and should there be any doubt, the Victorians did not --surprise, surprise -- breed the Shar-Pei, despite what that video suggests)

Edited by Peter Martin on 23 November 2019 at 6:29pm
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Matt Hawes
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Posted: 23 November 2019 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

 Carlos Velasco wrote:
...Hell, I didn't even know Canada was a monarchy until the people in this topic started mentioning a mysterious "queen" and her corgis (I thought monarchies were an European thing)...

There was actually a scare back in the 1990s that Canada had abandoned the monarchy, but it proved to be a hoax:


;-)


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