A Professor of English at Neasden University told a meeting 'As language shifts its meaning through time to promote a public event as a riot is no longer jovially innocent but can attract heavy prison sentences. It's like saying it will be a gay day. People will get the wrong idea.'
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Inappropriate To Say Notting Hill Carnival will be a 'Riot'
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