West Ham Online

"There is a very good section on GB news where the ludicrous idiocies of Wokeness are looked at I thought we would should have one for WHO. I'll start with Baptiste on BBC: In Hungary,an ambassador's family are kidnapped by Islamic terrorists and carry out atrocities. At the end of the last episode Baptiste finds out that it is a false flag operation and conveniently, the real culprits are white supremacists who want to stop all immigration. Coronation Street ITV a gay black footballer is stopped by the police, because he is driving an expensive car. He is pushed to the ground during an altercation, and damages his leg threatening his career. Could have been written by Dawn Butler or a BLM activist."

Always amusing to see The Swiss mug himself off trying to be clever.

"More succinctly than I am apparently capable. curry - 1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (from which also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere, present active infinitive of coquō."

Swiss being stupid SHOCKER.

"Swiss. 1:49 Mon Aug 9 No one was using Old English in the 14th century, it was Middle English (which had added a lot of Latin and French words like cuire - cury ) And ""y"" and ""i(e)"" were interchangeable well beyond the vowel shift. Spelling was only really done one ""correct"" way from Johnson's dictionary and later. And notice I did not say the curry as we generally use it came from that source. I just said it was an English culinary term well before the Tamil term ""kari"" - sauce - was known. There are, however, theories that the old use of curry/cury helped the adoption. Other than those corrections, fun post. Probably the first curry recipe in an English book is in one which I spent hours with a period printing of. Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (1747) From the 1758 version - How to Make a Curry the Indian Way https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Hannah_Glasse_To_make_a_Currey_the_Indian_Way_1758_edition.jpg"

"""Cury is an anglicisation o Curie as 'y' and 'ie' are interchangeable in oldEnglish."" Sounds like you know your stuff, Swiss. And yet the word is cuire, not curie, making your comment more than a bit stupid."

IOC That's bollocks. Yes Cury is an anglicisation o Curie as 'y' and 'ie' are interchangeable in oldEnglish. Nothing to do with Indian Curry which is derived from the Curry leaf used in cooking.

"""Curry"" in an English cookery context is a lot earlier than England's direct contact with India. Comes from French verb ""cuire"" to cook. One of earliest surviving collections of recipes in English is the 14th century Forme of Cury https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/a-recipe-for-pastry-castles-from-the-forme-of-cury"

"I have a delicious pot of SAMBAR waiting for me at home for tonight's dins. Made it yesterday to eat today. Marvellous stuff, curry. Food of the gods."

Ruby Murray dusts down her CV in the preparation of finding another job.

This reminds me of something Ann Leslie said a while ago regarding the Daily Mail. She said the paper and the readers have a sort of pact. The readers love a bit of outrage and moral panic so the paper confects it for them. It is a win/win.

"One American food blogger: ""curry"" is used to describe a whole range of things including things that aren't curry and people should use more specific language. But that doesn't mean the word ""curry"" should never be used. Westhamonline: THe TeLLy SaYS tHE WorD CurRy MIgHt Be BANned"

Milly lives to get upset by stuff like this. It probably adds a much needed little bit of excitement to his life.

Never understood why people get wound up about shit like this. Life really is too short.

"twoleftfeet 10:28 Mon Aug 9 Re: Woke watch Today’s woke update. Sky news are reporting that the word “ curry “ might be banned because it’s rooted in British Colonialism. When I go for a curry I have to admit I’m often thinking about how brutal the British were back in the day. The vast majority of these stories are made up, and designed to target people like you and annoy you and push you further to the right."

Sven WOKEder

Sven WOKEder

twoleftfeet 6:45 Sun Aug 8 Re: England v India Test match series Woke TV tortures me which is why I avoid it. really?? it seems that you gravitate towards it. i reckon it's 99% of what you post about.

How exactly do you see this banning progressing? I understand FOOD BLOGGERS are a powerful political force .... but still Think you can rest easy

Ouch

"Food bloggers plus I said might be banned as per the Sky News story. Learn to read, cսnt"

"How exactly 'might it be banned'? One food blogger has expressed an opinion Calm down , SNOWFLAKE"

Today’s woke update. Sky news are reporting that the word “ curry “ might be banned because it’s rooted in British Colonialism. When I go for a curry I have to admit I’m often thinking about how brutal the British were back in the day.

A lot of triggered people on here

"Evening, Millwall"

They refuse to sell it in Australia.