Talk:Yobbo
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In New Zealand Wal Footrot is not certainly not considered a thug - I was dissapointed and a bit offended to see Wal being used as the example for Yobbo - could this be removed and replaced with something more suitable perhaps?
While Wal's not bright, he's a country boy and a farmer so not a blue collar worker, and he's not considered a trouble maker - he's an average (if dumb) guy and a co-operating member of his family (with Aunt Dolly, Pongo etc.)
The main thugs in Footrot Flats are the Murphy brothers (family?) who really ARE thugs and nasty pieces of work!
- I have to agree. Wal Footrot is not a yobbo and I've never heard him described as one until now. The Murphy Bros. certainly better qualify but given we rarely (if ever) see Footrot Flats characters drinking excessively I'd say its a poor example all round. 202.154.74.114 06:42, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
This might not be either here nor there, but the Japanese word Yabo means "boorish, uncouth behaviour" Just thought was an interesting coincedence.
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I've removed the following:
"Yob Slang consists of words like 'What' 'Ya mam' 'Oh NO YOUR GAY' The yobbo coulture originated in manchester and first started out as 'scallies'. most yobbos hang around in groups with black nike airmax jumpers"
from the bottom of the Oceania tab, I don't see how this correlates to the topic at hand, and really just seems to restate what the article has already established. Also has some unbased bias, like "black nike airmax jumpers".SumGuy 19:13, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
removed the claim that yob stands for "young objectable bastard" -- couldn't find secondary confirmation of this outside of this article. --24.164.137.114 04:57, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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In Britain, as the word 'yob' came out of the London back-slang and into more general English usage, it and latterly, 'yobbo' have meant 'working class, adolescent, male person'. Within his own culture, he was not necessarily seen as uncouth, though a person writing about him rather than speaking of him was likely to be of another social class and prone to seeing him as loutish.
It can be made much more concise.
Rintrah 05:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
