>>I'm sure Americans would have managed to cope with the odd spotted dick joke.
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>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-16515140
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>(shrug) wouldn't similar adjustments be required for commonly-used American terms be required for UK audiences? Things like changing "bloody nose" to "nosebleed"?
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>Oh well... Americans (more specifically from the United States) tend to be a prudish lot.

True enough. Political correctness is a mask IMO for squeamishness.

My younger daughter Emily goes to college in Madison, Wisconsin, which is one of the most politically correct (and self-regarding) places in the U.S. Berkeley might give it a run for its money. IAC in her dorm there are words that are more or less officially forbidden. She told me about her best buddy Becca coming by her room after taking a test. "I raped that test," Becca said. A passing R.A. was all over her. "New word! New word!" Not that there is anything funny about rape but to ban the word is just plain silly.