点评:A lovely local market, with a fantastic cake stall run by a lovely chap, and the same goes for the clothing stall we visited. There was a good selection of local produce and handmade crafts, and most of the people we encountered were very friendly.
But… and it pains me to say this… I would avoid the jewellery stall run by two middle-aged Caucasian men opposite the post office on a Saturday.
While I was browsing, the town clock struck the hour. One of the stallholders looked directly at me, smirked, and said “ting tong, ting tong” in response to the clock chimes. Given the very specific racist association of “Ting Tong” through Little Britain, I found this extremely uncomfortable and, frankly, difficult to interpret as anything other than a thinly disguised racist jibe.
Really? Are we still having to put up with this sort of behaviour in 2026?
I left that stall immediately in disgust. It's a real shame, because the rest of the market was lovely.
翻译:这是一个很不错的本地集市:有个由友善的男子经营的蛋糕摊,我们光顾的服装摊也是如此。集市上有各式各样的本地农产品和手工制品,遇到的大多数人也都十分友好。
不过……虽然很不情愿这么说……我建议大家在周六时尽量避开邮局对面那两个白人中年男子经营的珠宝摊。
就在我闲逛时,镇上的钟声敲响了整点报时。这时,其中一位摊主直直地望向了我。他咧嘴一笑,听到钟声后还说了句“叮咚,叮咚”。鉴于《小不列颠》这部剧让“叮咚”一词带上了特定的种族主义含义,我觉得这种行为极其令人不适;坦率地说,除了视为一种伪装得并不高明的种族主义嘲讽外,我实在无法对其做出其他解读。
真的吗?都2026年了,我们还得忍受这种行为吗?
我因厌恶而立刻离开了那个摊位。真是可惜,因为市场上的其他地方其实都挺不错的。