The term “Manxies” – used by an Isle of Man radio station to describe locals – has been suggested by one disgruntled listener to contain “elements of a racial slur”.
Local broadcaster Manx Radio received a complaint that the use of the word “denies the individuality of each of us as a unique individual” and was met with a demand that the term should be scrapped.
The phrase “Manx people” is most often used to refer to an ethnic group from the Isle of Man, a site which became the home of Celts who spoke the language Manx – which was regularly spoken in the area until the mid-19th century.
The offended listener said: “The use of the term “Manxies” as used by Manx Radio (whom you’d have thought would know better, but obviously don’t) denies the individuality of each of us as a unique individual.
One self-proclaimed Manxie said that the complainant had a ‘few screws loose’
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“And contains the element of a racial slur. Like calling an Irish person a “Paddy”. A Welsh person “Taffy”, for example.”
The complainant lamented that the “confusion, by design or accident, lies within the difference between an indigenous Manx person and someone merely born on the Island”.
The indigenous Manx name Curphy can be traced back for 1200 years – the individual cited as an example.
Urging the station to drop the term altogether and use the phrase “Manx people” instead, the listener added that those born on the Isle of Man are Manx, still insisting that this group was not indigenous.
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When the station shared the complaint to its listeners to ask their opinion on the controversial matter, their Facebook page was met with seething locals.
One self-proclaimed “Manxie” declared: “I was born a Manxie and I’ll die a Manxie. As long as you don’t call me English I don’t really give a toss what you call me. But I will always refer to myself and fellow locals as Manxie.
“Whoever wrote that has a few screws loose and is trying to find something to be offended by so they can feel marginalised.
“With all the horrific things the UK and more specifically the English have done to the Manx people, its history and culture we really don’t need to make up stupid c**p to get offended by too.”
When the station took to its listeners to ask their opinion on the controversial matter, their Facebook page was met with seething locals
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Another commented that, despite the Manx people being a minority on the island, they claimed that the term “at least acknowledges that we are still present and our culture is still there and is for all to embrace”.
One user slammed the “nonsense”, saying: “There are more serious happenings going on in the world today, we shouldn’t even give this stupidity a mention.”
Several commenters concurred that if the term was deployed in a derogatory context, it should be called out, although they deemed the term to be acceptable in “endearing contexts”.
One simply said: “Manxie is totally fine. We’re not woke softies offended by nicknames.”