I agree.... and a fitting punishment would be an extra 10,000 votes to evict every time he says it. 

I doubt they will punish him they have encouraged JJ1 to be called crab eyes which is derogatory and much worse,did BB not start this in the begining by making Mario wear the mole suit,I find it strange he is wearing it again have I missed something? Mario was a brilliant mole

There's a bit of Dave that can't forgive Mario for being so clever (with the Mole task and generally).  As long as he call's him 'Mole', he can remind Mario that he was once an outsider.

I think that's spot on.

I agree watcher.
I think it is a "distancing" thing.
A psychological tactic which is intended to somewhat isolate Mario.
I don't think it's very nice. It's more impersonal.

Gosh, now you see I would never have looked that deeply into this and come to that conclusion - I'm not psychological like that but I suspect you're right...

I quite like the fact they call him Moley etc but maybe it's just because I like nicknames.

Very intuitive of you

I fail to see the difference between Dave calling Mario Mole, to the housemates calling Steve Baron, or housemates calling Corin Coz, or housemates calling Ben Bento, etc. They are all just nicknames that stuck, no matter how much people read into them.

I mean, if you want a really offensive name, how about Benjiminge? I didn't see people jumping down Josie's throat. 

Some of us tried, but were shot down in flames.

It's the least of dave's faults to be honest, and I wouldn't read too much into it.

Calling people by nicknames is more often  sign of intimacy and closeness than a distancing thing, and especially so in Wales.  It implies informality.

Can Dave be punished every time he appears on my screen? 

He was and then it all went down hill.

Well... "The Baron" could have been considered offensive, as it was originally a reference to Steve's appearance (i.e. he looked like Baron Greenback), but Steve reclaimed the nickname for himself. (I seriously doubt the other HMs would continue to use the nickname if Steve wasn't happy about it...)

As far as Dave calling Mario Mole is concerned: IMO, its really about how he says it. Maybe, just maybe, I'm allowing my dislike for Dave to colour things, but I rarely see any of his "jokey" comments as being just light-hearted - there always seems to be some barb hidden inside them. However, I tend to disagree with watcher1: I personally think that Dave keeps referring to "The Mole" to keep reminding other HMs that Mario has previously deceived them, and therefore imply that he still cannot be trusted. (Dave has alluded to this more explicitly on several occasions).


TBF, though, I think some of the other nicknames used in the house aren't all that innocent either: For example, I always felt that Nathan's constant references to Ben as "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (or rather again, the way he would say it) had more than a touch of "Class War" about them...

Excellent point Watcher!

I mentioned this the other day...and I agree with you...so well said, it would have taken me about 10 paragraphs to word that

I also agree with Eugene about the way he says it