Prejudice"Are you prejudiced?" asks StapMyVitals. Have you been a victim of prejudice? Are you a columnist for a popular daily newspaper? Don't bang on about how you never judge people on first impressions - no-one will believe you.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:53)
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Yes- suggest useful term to use instead.I've just moved to Canada and I don't know what to call the guys down south. I agree that everybody on this continent is an "American", including Canadians. I want to use "yanks" simply because it's less cumbersome than "people from the United States", but it's considered derogatory (and also historically inaccurate for Deep Southerners/secessionists).
It's really odd that there's not a small, handy, specific, non-offensive nickname. Everyone else seems to have one.
(, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 19:46, 2 replies)
I actually havetaken to saying USian (ewe-ess-ian rather than uhs-ian), but you're right that it isn't especially good. Most people I know refer to the US border and that works fine, but what to call the people that isn't derogatory? No idea.
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"yanks" sounds like you think they all go off in a closet and, well, you know(
BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:03,
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