you have to give you UK guys some credit
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Mr. E, that was in jest, probably should have been clearer. We are bit provincial over here, and not quite so handy with the language.....lol.
I understand the shorthand nature of Jap, but I am telling you, you call a person of Japanese decent in the US a Jap and you will get popped -- kind of the "smell" test for what is considered racist and what is not.
I would suspect that Asian guys/girls in the US who visit the site might be offended. I am serious.
I understand the shorthand nature of Jap, but I am telling you, you call a person of Japanese decent in the US a Jap and you will get popped -- kind of the "smell" test for what is considered racist and what is not.
I would suspect that Asian guys/girls in the US who visit the site might be offended. I am serious.
) Yep, no one says Red Indian over here any more, and Indian is looked at as the equivalent of "colored" -- Native American and African American are preferred.
I guess it is kind of crazy, but it is also true that a group of people should be able to decide how they want to be identified.....
No sarcasm in the colonies Mr. E, it doesn't register with our hopelessly optimistic, superhumanly productive selves.
I guess it is kind of crazy, but it is also true that a group of people should be able to decide how they want to be identified.....
No sarcasm in the colonies Mr. E, it doesn't register with our hopelessly optimistic, superhumanly productive selves.
It's a crazy world we live in.
It's a shame people can't stop getting hung up on words and do something that really makes a difference; like learning a bit of tolerance and stopping bombing the crap out of each other!!
We're all different, so what? thats what makes the world interesting.
It's a shame people can't stop getting hung up on words and do something that really makes a difference; like learning a bit of tolerance and stopping bombing the crap out of each other!!
We're all different, so what? thats what makes the world interesting.
Actually, the Japanese do have a name for us (all Western foreigners). It is Gaijin (sp?) and I believe it means "unclean." Or something along those lines. Apparently, the first sailors from the West to reach Japan in the 15th and 16th centuries (from the Netherlands and England) were quite smelly...
Maybe we don't mind being called Brit, because we are in England after all, and don't exactly get 'called' it.
After living in Australia for a number of years, being all a Pom repeatedly, and in a way that doesn't sound so friendly, it does start to get on your nerves, bordering on the offensive.
After living in Australia for a number of years, being all a Pom repeatedly, and in a way that doesn't sound so friendly, it does start to get on your nerves, bordering on the offensive.
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