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Re: terminology (was Re: S6/Subaru)
> > >connotation, I suspect he used it a shortened term for Japanese the way
> > >some use Ausi to describe Australians and the term Brit to describe people
>
> > Are you saying the term has a positive connotation today? If so, I would
> > ask you to rethink a few things. Racial slurs aren't necessary here--they
>
> OK, OK. If someone was offended by it, it probably shouldn't be, BUT,
> did anyone think that maybe "Jap" was used much as an abbreviation, such
> as the 5KCSTQ that we are so fond of? Ur-Q? I could be wrong...
Simply put, Bob (damn... just how many Bobs do we have on the list?), is
that abbreviating "Japanese" into "Jap" was simply a bad choice knowing
the word "Jap" has meaning onto itself. I think the closest thing of
abbreviating "Japanese" I have ever come upon is "Jp" (I think this is
also the same as those oval stickers some people stick on back of their
vehicles). I don't think I have ever seen Japanese referred as "Jap" for
abbreviation's sake in non-demeaning tone.
Psycho Bob (a new Bob convert)
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