Stitch on 2/9/2008 at 04:21
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
You can't be serious Stitch. On a related note - when in Taiwan I used the word "Oriental" in front of some Canadians and they went mental telling me it was awfully racist. What is up with that?
For whatever reason, it's fallen out of favor. My Korean sisters would rip you a new one if you tried that shit around them.
I see this as an opportunity for comedy at family occasions, of course.
Edit: "tried that shit" meaning "used a word you had no idea turned offensive." Nobody can blame you if you didn't get the memo.
Thief13x on 2/9/2008 at 04:55
Here Stitch, it's a tissue
OBVIOUSLY anyone who is at the punchline of a BAD TASTE joke is going to be pissed about it (is this 1st grade?) which is why you don't generally don't tell BAD TASTE jokes in everyday conversation which is why we created a seperate thread for BAD TASTE jokes and if you're easily harmed by BAD TASTE jokes why are you here STITCH?
on that note are your Korean sisters hot???
doctorfrog on 2/9/2008 at 06:05
This marvelous expression has now entered my drinking vocabulary, thank you.
D'Juhn Keep on 2/9/2008 at 12:28
Quote Posted by Stitch
For whatever reason, it's fallen out of favor. My Korean sisters would rip you a new one if you tried that shit around them.
I see this as an opportunity for comedy at family occasions, of course.
Edit: "tried that shit" meaning "used a word you had no idea turned offensive." Nobody can blame you if you didn't get the memo.
Just so you know, "oriental" isn't considered racist in the UK. Are your Korean sisters actually Korean or have they grown up in American? I ask because I wonder if calling east asian people oriental is offensive in their countries or if it's just a north american thing.
Saying that, although not considered racist, I doubt anyone other than 80 year old ex-RAF pilots would consider using it in a sentence.
Naartjie on 2/9/2008 at 14:24
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Saying that, although not considered racist, I doubt anyone other than 80 year old ex-RAF pilots would consider using it in a sentence.
I actually know of a guy like this from Norfolk, WW2 veteran, who called his Labrador "Nigger".
Stitch on 2/9/2008 at 15:19
Quote Posted by D'Juhn Keep
Just so you know, "oriental" isn't considered racist in the UK. Are your Korean sisters actually Korean or have they grown up in American? I ask because I wonder if calling east asian people oriental is offensive in their countries or if it's just a north american thing.
It could just be a North American thing, I don't really know. My sisters were raised in the States and are as American as they come.
"Oriental" isn't really considered a slur so much as an outdated word with negative baggage. Kind of like "colored" for black people, or "retard" for Thief13x.
PigLick on 2/9/2008 at 16:25
unfortunately, retard is the only word which truly encompasses thief13x's true ability.
Kolya on 2/9/2008 at 18:10
So you both finally managed to sync your menstruation cycle?
If you have to beat on thief13x at least put some effort into it.
SD on 2/9/2008 at 18:23
Quote Posted by Naartjie
I actually know of a guy like this from Norfolk, WW2 veteran, who called his Labrador "Nigger".
After the dog of the same name in The Dam Busters, I imagine.
I've no idea why the word
Oriental should be considered offensive in any way, shape or form, but I imagine its benign status in the UK is down to the term
Asian (the preferred American substitution) being normally used to refer to people from South Asia (Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis).
Actually, I have NFI what we would call oriental people here if we couldn't use the word oriental. Obviously nip, gook and chink are out, as is anything which suggests a taste for eating dog.
Matthew on 2/9/2008 at 21:55
'Slant-eye'?
