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OT: Use "Japanese" instead of "Jap"
This is a discussion on OT: Use "Japanese" instead of "Jap" within the General Chat forums, part of the After Hours category; Some years back I was corrected by an Allcoast member for using the word "Jap" in one of ...
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15-08-2006, 02:16 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Singapore
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 6  | OT: Use "Japanese" instead of "Jap" Some years back I was corrected by an Allcoast member for using the word "Jap" in one of my posts. "Jap" is an ethnic slur directed towards people of Japanese nationality rather than an abbreviated form of the word "Japanese". So just a suggestion that it might be more polite to use the word "Japanese" instead of "Jap" in our posts...who knows...Matsutani may one day decide to be an FO member  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap Last edited by MarkR : 15-08-2006 at 02:20 PM. |
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15-08-2006, 02:39 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakarta / Bali - Indonesia
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Rep Power: 4  | Mark , I agree wholeheartedly , that should include Gwei-lo , Ang-mo , etc. , etc. too . JonLi . |
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16-08-2006, 01:27 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 4 | Ahhhhh.... But does that mean I can't use "Brits", "Limeys", "Yanks", "Kiwis", "Poms" and the multitude of racial or nationality inclined shortforms that people of the paler persuasion generally use to describe each other?..... Its the thought behind the word that matters I reckon.... All tongue in cheek of course chaps... Saimee
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16-08-2006, 01:58 PM
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Rep Power: 4 | Saimee , When spoken verbally one can tell whether it is meant for joke or for malice but in forum sometimes the state of mind of the reader may dictate how such derogatory nicks are received , I think we should avoid it , if possible at all and if one wants to use it between 2 individuals , better put it in a private message . Agreed , some nicks like Brits and Kiwis aren't derogatory at all in fact some of my NZ friends are proud to say they are kiwis but there are other nicks that are not " innocents " and some are down right derogatory . Jon . |
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17-08-2006, 12:31 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 3 | similiarly to people from Hong Kong.....we call them "Hong Kongers" instead of many times we use "Hong Kies".... |
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17-08-2006, 09:08 PM
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Rep Power: 0 | while we are on this topic... can i know something? why are foreigners here called expatriates, while asians are called immigrants in their land? or am i reading it wrongly? |
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18-08-2006, 09:28 AM
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18-08-2006, 10:59 AM
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Please avoid using dialects when replying on this forum as nobody will understand it. Thank you. Edy | |
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