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Fart, gas, wind #44

Open sarawilcox opened 5 years ago

sarawilcox commented 5 years ago

Latest: published in A to Z April 2019.

sarawilcox commented 5 years ago

Research done. Proposal went to Style Council meeting 19 March 2019. Agreed at Style Council meeting. Published in A to Z.

sarawilcox commented 1 year ago

We do still get complaints from the public around our use of "fart". For example, a recent complainant asked why we "persistently resort to the overwhelming use of such juvenile terminology as 'fart', 'poo' and 'pee'". They said that NHSInform in Scotland provides a better balance by acknowledging that 'farting' is an alternative expression for 'flatulence', yet 'flatulence' is the standard term used, with 'farting' only used twice.