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The last time I was in Ireland, you'd still occasionally encounter a horse-drawn sulky on the roads. I've no idea if that is also the case in the UK, but a hors
by thomassmith65 11mo ago
The last time I was in Ireland, you'd still occasionally encounter a horse-drawn sulky on the roads. I've no idea if that is also the case in the UK, but a horse is more practical than an ox.
- shevy-java 11mo agoI can only speak of London - it is very rare to see oxes there. In fact, in my various visits to this city, I actually never saw an ox on the streets. In Oxford I would expect some, though. Oxford is in Oxfordshire - look how many ox-names there are. It's actually not so far away from London.
- seanhunter 11mo agoCan confirm. Used to commute daily through Oxford Circus in the centre of London for work and don’t recall seeing a single ox even there. Therefore since we know there are oxen and they are not in London (even in Oxford circus) they must be in Oxford.
- thunderbong 11mo agoClovelly in Cornwall still uses donkeys and sleighs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovelly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovelly
- cjs_ac 11mo agoWest Oxfordshire District Council is currently trying to find a way to stop a certain demographic from racing ponies and traps on the A40 dual carriageway.
- EliteGadget 11mo agoCalling them travellers and/or gypsies (I know they are technically different groups of people but generally the terms are often used interchangeably) is not in itself a slur.
- cjs_ac 11mo agoIt's not a slur, but naming them in an online discussion usually provokes an unproductive shitfight about whether they're as bad as their reputation.
- TRiG_Ireland 11mo agoAnd ostentatiously not naming them has a similar effect. You could have just said "people".
- EliteGadget 11mo agoBut almost anyone who lives in the UK would know who you were referring to. So you are just using a euphemism, which is arguably worse.