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55 | 55.00% |
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I'm thinking it only is if said/meant with contempt, but I can't really be sure. The "niggardly" thread made me think of this.
Also, I was at a company outing for my wife's work and was talking to one of her bosses,(liquor was in abundance, btw), and had mentioned winning a karaoke contest singing "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer, but I dressed like The Saturday Night Fever Bee Gee's(everyone thinks that's who it is anyways..), down to the chestal merkin and all. Anyways, I said I couldn't really dress up like Sayer as most wouldn't know what he looked like, and that a proper "jewfro" wig would be hard to come by. Now, I was relatively sure her boss wasn't jewish, nor the black man also listening in, and they thought it was pretty funny, yet my wife was horrified. I didn't say it with contempt or anything like it, and they didn't have a problem with it anyways, but I had always wondered if a jewish person WAS there, am I in the wrong? Also, is "jewfro" bad? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] P.S. For the poll, I couldn't find a single translation dictionary for hebrew/english online. When I was looking for a Klingon to English dictionary, I found about 20 of them online.. (ok, time for Daliman to get in trouble...) I guess that means even though the Jews control The business world and Hollywood, THey got nothing on the Klingons when it comes to the internet.... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] |
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If "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has taught me anything, its ok to say jew.
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Words are innate. Context is everything.
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I agree.
[ QUOTE ] Words are innate. Context is everything. [/ QUOTE ] |
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I agree. [ QUOTE ] Words are innate. Context is everything. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] Thanks for reminding me to ask. WTF does "words are innate" mean? |
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I think you're okay here. I'm Jewish and have no problem with "Jewfro." I can even grow one.
I think that any minority doesn't really like it when people refer to them differently than others (i.e. "I was hanging out with two Jews and a black guy" vs. "I was hanging out with three dudes") but I believe "Jewish person" is more socially acceptable than "Jew." I personally wouldn't be offended if you said "Jew", unless it was in a situation where someone was cheap, and you referred to them as "such a Jew." -Jman28 |
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I think you're okay here. I'm Jewish and have no problem with "Jewfro." I can even grow one. I think that any minority doesn't really like it when people refer to them differently than others (i.e. "I was hanging out with two Jews and a black guy" vs. "I was hanging out with three dudes") but I believe "Jewish person" is more socially acceptable than "Jew." I personally wouldn't be offended if you said "Jew", unless it was in a situation where someone was cheap, and you referred to them as "such a Jew." -Jman28 [/ QUOTE ] Ya, that's obvious. I do say that kinda thing at times, but only to good friends who are Jewish as a joke. Gotta pick yer spots. |
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I haven't read the thread yet...
I am inclined to believe, if it is something you would gladly and knowingly say to ones face, in this case the jewish person, then it is fine, if they get upset with it, it's on them. However I am only half jew, and by marriage alone, on my grandfather's cousins side, so...... p.s what is IIRC |
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new york jews in iceland
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