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Radio Newcastle,3 mins

Is it Auf Wiedersehen for the term 'Pet'?

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Newcastle University is encouraging researchers not to use the Geordie term of endearment 'Pet' - in case it sounds 'patronising or gendered'. They said their researchers asked for advice on using inclusive language in a professional capacity and the guide was created to help them do that. Anna Foster and Collette Howe have been finding out what people in Newcastle make of it.

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