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Red hair can also be subject to ribbing and ridicule. In the Middle Ages red hair was disparagingly called “judas-colored”, in reference to Judas Iscariot. In modern-day UK and Ireland, the word "ginger" (often pronounced /'gɪ.ŋə/ to rhyme with 'ringer' (as opposed to the standard pronunciation /'dʒɪn.dʒə/) is derogatorily used to describe red headed people. Redheads are also sometimes referred to as "carrot tops." This "gingerphobia" has been satirised on a number of TV shows. The British comedienne Catherine Tate appeared in a running sketch in an episode of The Catherine Tate Show in which she was forced to seek solace in a refuge for ginger people; the pejorative use of the word "ginger", and related discrimination, was used to illustrate a point about racism and prejudice in the "Ginger Kids" episode of South Park; and the British comedy Bo' Selecta! featured a spoof documentary which involved a caricature of red-haired "Simply Red" singer Mick Hucknall presenting a show in which celebrities (played by themselves) dyed their hair ginger for a day and went about daily life being insulted by people.