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Whats the gloss of tenno henka banzai iko [sic] @2:00?
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Why is there an ethnic slur in the thread title?
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天皇陛下万歳と
tennou heika banzai to
emperor majesty ten.thousand.years QUOTE
"Ten thousand years [of reign for] His Majesty the Emperor"

Don't [sic] something you don't understand.
Eddy wrote:Why is there an ethnic slur in the thread title?
Ignorance.

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Eddy wrote:Why is there an ethnic slur in the thread title?
not like I said slant or something


Bob Johnson wrote:Don't [sic] something you don't understand.
I had no idea of the spelling, but k

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Ulan wrote:not like I said slant or something

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Ulan wrote:
Eddy wrote:Why is there an ethnic slur in the thread title?
not like I said slant or something
That's not an excuse though. You should just apologize for the misconception (at least I hope that's what it is) and edit the thread title. You're using similar logic to if you were in court for attacking someone with a knife, and your defense is "It's not like I killed him."

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Jap? Is that considered rude or something? Damnit, the political correctness is increasing by the hour, it seems.
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Do I need to point out it's been a slur since WWII or so?
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Zhen Lin wrote:Do I need to point out it's been a slur since WWII or so?
Lots of people here are not native speakers of English. Can't we just assume it was an unfortunate choice of words and move on? Everyone makes mistakes, like when George Dubbya Bush said Pakis thinking it was akin to Kiwi or Canuck? Or the famous "Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard?" exhibiting differing levels of profanity attached to one word, dependent on dialect (deeply offensive in Indian English, not so much in Australian English).

Yes, it was silly, but move on.

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Gulliver wrote: Can't we just assume it was an unfortunate choice of words and move on?
Well he was aware of the problem after people pointed it out to him, and still didn't compensate for it in any way.

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Gulliver wrote:Lots of people here are not native speakers of English. Can't we just assume it was an unfortunate choice of words and move on? Everyone makes mistakes, like when George W. Bush said Pakis thinking it was akin to Kiwi or Canuck?
I am amazed at the lack of cognitive dissonance on your part.

Bob Johnson wrote:Don't [sic] something you don't understand.
He doesn't know the correct usage of [sic], but I think his intent is clear - he wasn't sure of his transcription.

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Gulliver wrote:Lots of people here are not native speakers of English. Can't we just assume it was an unfortunate choice of words and move on? Everyone makes mistakes, like when George W. Bush said Pakis thinking it was akin to Kiwi or Canuck?
I am amazed at the lack of cognitive dissonance on your part.
I see your point, but I meant him as an example of someone in the category "everyone". Anyway... no good will come of this thread continuing.

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The Count wrote:the political correctness is increasing by the hour, it seems.
oh fuck off :roll:

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Taken your meds today, Finlay?
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The Count wrote:Jap? Is that considered rude or something? Damnit, the political correctness is increasing by the hour, it seems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap
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People who moan about 'political correctness' are moaning that they're not allowed to insult people as they please. It annoys me.

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Thank you for that info.
In this country jap (or jappe/japse) is quite common slang for a japanese person and is generally not seen as something controversial. That's why I wondered "what now is there one is not allowed to say".

On a sidenote: A person who Americans might refer to as a Native American...is called Indian here.

EDIT: There are no "little people" here either. We say dvärg & dvärgväxt which translate dwarf & dwarfgrowth/dwarfgrown.
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The Count wrote:In this country jap (or jappe/japse) is quite common slang for a japanese person and is generally not seen as something controversial. That's why I wondered "what now is there one is not allowed to say".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_slurs

That should do for a start.
The Count wrote:On a sidenote: A person who Americans might refer to as a Native American...is called Indian here.
Here, too. It's not a slur; "Injun" is.

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The Count wrote:Thank you for that info.
In this country jap (or jappe/japse) is quite common slang for a japanese person and is generally not seen as something controversial. That's why I wondered "what now is there one is not allowed to say".

On a sidenote: A person who Americans might refer to as a Native American...is called Indian here.
I call them Indians too, even though there are somewhat occasional instances of confusion between "Indians of the subcontinent" and "Indians of North America, Canada, etc etc".

Does that make me insensitive? :roll:
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finlay wrote:People who moan about 'political correctness' are moaning that they're not allowed to insult people as they please. It annoys me.
Quoted for truth.
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Eddy wrote:
finlay wrote:People who moan about 'political correctness' are moaning that they're not allowed to insult people as they please. It annoys me.
Quoted for truth.
Don't quote him for anything. You are being hypocritical.

You bitch and moan about and insult the people of the South, while being very politically incorrect or just plain wrong about everything else. Then you have the gall to wrap yourself in the banner of "Liberalism".

Don't get me wrong, I'm probably being hypocritical too. ;)
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Eddy wrote:
finlay wrote:People who moan about 'political correctness' are moaning that they're not allowed to insult people as they please. It annoys me.
Quoted for truth.
Hey eddy, you might want to look through the ethnic slurs list. your favourite word is on there.

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finlay wrote:People who moan about 'political correctness' are moaning that they're not allowed to insult people as they please. It annoys me.
New days - new expressions turning taboo. Expressions that were very much ok yesterday, but today someone all of a sudden decided that another/same someone is offended. I'm just waiting for the day when some scarf-wrapped batikgnome gets all upset just because one called the cleaning lady a cleaning lady (and not "hygienics technician" or "dust diagnostician").
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The Count wrote:New days - new expressions turning taboo. Expressions that were very much ok yesterday, but today someone all of a sudden decided that another/same someone is offended.
"Well it's not my fault you chose to be offended!" is not the best excuse there is. On the contrary, it smacks of white/male/straight/cis/Christian/able-bodied privilege (combine as applicable).
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Was mostly an abbreviation, I cant be bothered to edit the thread title and dont see too much reason to edit it.

And I dont see the use of continuing this thread, its purpose has already been served. But go on if you really must, its a bit hilarious to see such bickering over it
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