Dot Wordsworth

Mind your language | 8 August 2009

David Cameron innocently said twat on the wireless last week.

issue 08 August 2009

David Cameron innocently said twat on the wireless last week. He pronounced it to rhyme with hat, when it should rhyme with what. He hadn’t realised it was rude. It’s funny which words one can say and which one can’t. Mr Cameron seems to have thought twat was like prat, which seems to be acceptable.

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