Those interested in the science, click the link. Pretty cool.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/12/the-origins-of-the-romani-determined-definitively/#.UMhGYHd5eZ4
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So there we have it. The Romani derive from lower castes populations from the northwest Indian subcontinent who seem to have left ~1,000 years ago. Over time they admixed with local populations, and are now 50-70% non-South Asian, with some groups being ~90% European (e.g., Welsh Romani). And, they have a long history as an endogamous group, judging by their inbreeding.
Excellent. So now racists just have to remember the one slur, "fecking pakis" covers them both.
Romanes ite domus!
I google search Romani women, but seem to only find fakes. :(
Quote from: Syt on December 12, 2012, 04:09:58 AM
Romanes ite domus!
:rolleyes:
Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
..and that nominative!
L.
Quote from: Syt on December 12, 2012, 04:09:58 AM
Romanes ite domus!
People called Romanes they go the house?
Quote from: Tyr on December 12, 2012, 04:04:13 AM
Excellent. So now racists just have to remember the one slur, "fecking pakis" covers them both.
Racial slurs are pretty weak and uncreative but this is the lamest racial slur I have ever heard. In order to show our disdain for you we are going to shorten Pakistani to Paki! Eh? Feel degraded and insulted yet?
Does it also work if I call Britons Brits?
I thought this was already known.
Has the statue of limitations passed for deportation? :unsure:
Quote from: Razgovory on December 12, 2012, 09:39:48 AM
I thought this was already known.
It was a likely theory I think based on culture and language and all that good stuff but now we know for sure. Or supposedly do.
Quote from: Valmy on December 12, 2012, 09:31:42 AM
Quote from: Tyr on December 12, 2012, 04:04:13 AM
Excellent. So now racists just have to remember the one slur, "fecking pakis" covers them both.
Racial slurs are pretty weak and uncreative but this is the lamest racial slur I have ever heard. In order to show our disdain for you we are going to shorten Pakistani to Paki! Eh? Feel degraded and insulted yet?
Does it also work if I call Britons Brits?
Well term for Japanese is a comparison.
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2012, 09:46:04 AM
Well term for Japanese is a comparison.
Slant-eyed devils?
Zipperheads.
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2012, 09:46:04 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 12, 2012, 09:31:42 AM
Quote from: Tyr on December 12, 2012, 04:04:13 AM
Excellent. So now racists just have to remember the one slur, "fecking pakis" covers them both.
Racial slurs are pretty weak and uncreative but this is the lamest racial slur I have ever heard. In order to show our disdain for you we are going to shorten Pakistani to Paki! Eh? Feel degraded and insulted yet?
Does it also work if I call Britons Brits?
Well term for Japanese is a comparison.
Yeah, but I always thought "Japs" was a silly one to consider offensive as well. Do actual Japanese people take offense at that?
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 12, 2012, 10:08:06 AM
Zipperheads.
that's vietnamese!
If there's one thing that is unacceptable about languish is the misuse of ethnic slurs! If you're going to use them use them correctly :ultra: :P
The one that gets me is "they're not retarded, theyre slow". But I guess if you don't know French you wouldn't know why that sounds odd.
And yes, I know it's the history of the word that makes it offensive, but it still sounds weird to me.
Quote from: HVC on December 12, 2012, 10:18:23 AM
that's vietnamese!
If there's one thing that is unacceptable about languish is the misuse of ethnic slurs! If you're going to use them use them correctly :ultra: :P
I think most of our slurs we used in Vietnam had already been used in the Phillipines, in World War II, and in the Korean War. Our lack of creativity in tactics was only equaled in our lack of creativity in racial slurs.
Damn dago eggplant has gone all uppity on me.
I've been demoted again :(
You're one of the good one Valmy :hug: :D
Quote from: derspiess on December 12, 2012, 10:15:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2012, 09:46:04 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 12, 2012, 09:31:42 AM
Quote from: Tyr on December 12, 2012, 04:04:13 AM
Excellent. So now racists just have to remember the one slur, "fecking pakis" covers them both.
Racial slurs are pretty weak and uncreative but this is the lamest racial slur I have ever heard. In order to show our disdain for you we are going to shorten Pakistani to Paki! Eh? Feel degraded and insulted yet?
Does it also work if I call Britons Brits?
Well term for Japanese is a comparison.
Yeah, but I always thought "Japs" was a silly one to consider offensive as well. Do actual Japanese people take offense at that?
Yes - they say it should be "Nips". ;)
Quote from: HVC on December 12, 2012, 10:18:23 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 12, 2012, 10:08:06 AM
Zipperheads.
that's vietnamese!
If there's one thing that is unacceptable about languish is the misuse of ethnic slurs! If you're going to use them use them correctly :ultra: :P
And gooks are Koreans.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 12, 2012, 11:26:52 AM
Quote from: HVC on December 12, 2012, 10:18:23 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 12, 2012, 10:08:06 AM
Zipperheads.
that's vietnamese!
If there's one thing that is unacceptable about languish is the misuse of ethnic slurs! If you're going to use them use them correctly :ultra: :P
And gooks are Koreans.
Koreans are certainly the OGs, but thanks to all the Vietnam movies most people associate that term more with Vietnamese.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 12, 2012, 11:26:52 AM
Quote from: HVC on December 12, 2012, 10:18:23 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 12, 2012, 10:08:06 AM
Zipperheads.
that's vietnamese!
If there's one thing that is unacceptable about languish is the misuse of ethnic slurs! If you're going to use them use them correctly :ultra: :P
And gooks are Koreans.
As are slopeheads, according to my dad. (He spent two years in Korea in the Army in the early 60s.)
Quote from: merithyn on December 12, 2012, 12:33:11 PM
As are slopeheads, according to my dad. (He spent two years in Korea in the Army in the early 60s.)
I'm pretty sure slope is a term that originally meant Vietnamese.
What I think happened is that during the Vietnam War Asian perjoratives began to be applied more indisciminately.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 12, 2012, 12:52:27 PM
Quote from: merithyn on December 12, 2012, 12:33:11 PM
As are slopeheads, according to my dad. (He spent two years in Korea in the Army in the early 60s.)
I'm pretty sure slope is a term that originally meant Vietnamese.
What I think happened is that during the Vietnam War Asian perjoratives began to be applied more indisciminately.
Pity. In WWII we were so good about distinguishing between different East Asian ethnicities :P
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhistorymatters.gmu.edu%2Fmpimages%2Fmp246.jpg&hash=6654ea79c01ee58fb78bf59ce305d628a6ac3507)
Quote from: derspiess on December 12, 2012, 10:15:41 AM
Yeah, but I always thought "Japs" was a silly one to consider offensive as well. Do actual Japanese people take offense at that?
They in fact take offense at both nips and japs in my experience, but in a polite and low-key way. Response to "honorary aryan" is highly variable depending on the japanese in question.
Good to hear... so can we maybe get them off the damn streets and into a call center now? :)
Quote from: Valmy on December 12, 2012, 09:43:16 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 12, 2012, 09:39:48 AM
I thought this was already known.
It was a likely theory I think based on culture and language and all that good stuff but now we know for sure. Or supposedly do.
Not necessarily. I remember two studies on neanderthal genetics that came out with in a year of each other one saying that the humans and neanderthals mated and another that said they did not. I'm guessing genetic science is still open to some interpretation. Determining where people come from based on Haplotypes often comes out with weird results because as I understand it people with certain haplotypes may live all over the world and but may have a higher population in certain areas. For instance, Hitler was found to have belonged to a Haplogroup that is common in North Africa but is less common in Western Europe.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 12, 2012, 09:44:44 PM
Not necessarily. I remember two studies on neanderthal genetics that came out with in a year of each other one saying that the humans and neanderthals mated and another that said they did not. I'm guessing genetic science is still open to some interpretation. Determining where people come from based on Haplotypes often comes out with weird results because as I understand it people with certain haplotypes may live all over the world and but may have a higher population in certain areas. For instance, Hitler was found to have belonged to a Haplogroup that is common in North Africa but is less common in Western Europe.
Yeah that was what I was getting at with the 'supposedly' qualification. I am not entirely sold on these genetic studies. Particularly for human populations 1000 years old.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 12, 2012, 09:44:44 PM
Hitler was found to have belonged to a Haplogroup that is common in North Africa but is less common in Western Europe.
OMG he was a Jew! :cool:
Sounds more like he was a Moor.
Quote from: Caliga on December 13, 2012, 07:53:17 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 12, 2012, 09:44:44 PM
Hitler was found to have belonged to a Haplogroup that is common in North Africa but is less common in Western Europe.
OMG he was a Jew! :cool:
It was reportedly like this, but this is not exactly correct. It is a Haplogroup that is common amongst European Jews though. You couldn't say definitively he was a Jew or a Moor from this or really anything definitively. Just that he belonged to a Haplogroup that commonly associated with people from North Africa.