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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 12:42 PM Original message |
Words that sound like racial slurs, but aren't |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. I just don't think I could ever use that word no matter what it means! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, it makes me wince a little when I read it |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It sounds the same in pronunciation, too. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. yeah, I said it in front of a black friend once. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. That's why I don't read Dean Koontz. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most of the words I come up with ARE racial slurs |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Chink |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. "There's a little nip in the air" |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. LOL! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Did you see Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Flip chart |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. A gold guinea is a lot of money. nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. How about an ethnic slur that most people don't recognize? |
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SouthoftheBorderPaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Or to get "gyped" |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah and I say that sometimes without even thinking! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. You mean when someone welshes on a deal? nt |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Cuban Liberal's boyfriend? |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Cuban Liberal's boyfriend? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Scotch Tape - 'cause it's cheap |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I wouldn't use that word, but if it is a legitimate word with no |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. He was fired because it was easier to fire the guy than defend him |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Use "snigger" very cautiously, if al all. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Mandarin Chinese word for "that" is pronounced "Nigga" |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. namaste |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. Cracker |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Day-glo? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Spic & Span |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Brownie. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hanky |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You probably don't mind when it's said in proper context, such as |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. sea cow |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Aw, but it such a cutie! |
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