John Luxton
Established Member
I don't think anyone is offended by using Sir Topham Hatt the names are interchangeable it is the fact that someone there is effectively policing /enforcing the change from Fat Controller to Sir Topham Hatt which is the issue.Like those offended by being told to call the Fat Controller "Sir Topham Hatt"....
Swings and roundabouts..
I am of the generation that always tended to know him as The Fat Controller. There are parents out there who might use that name with children.
However, as someone earlier pointed out in recent books and films he has been Sir Topham Hatt.
Why not just wait until us old fuddy duddies all die out?
Change still happens without it getting peoples' back up.
I have always been of the opinion that change is best when done gradually and with consent and they do not feel as though they are being railroaded into it.
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