Sloping Shoulders at the Beeb

[zeitghost]

BBC News - Top Gear expresses regret for 'slope' remark in Burma special

One increasingly agrees with the bard of Avon, first kill all the lawyers.




This is rather interesting:

List of ethnic slurs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Common or garden words, such as "Spook", have meanings that are not readily apparent.



Well I never knew that.



Stone me, some of those are funny.

"Sheep shagger"

And much much less PC: "Smoked Irish".



Feck me, even the alphabet isn't safe:

ABC & ABCD.

[vwdan]

Must admit, I'd never heard the term in that context and the 'joke' went right over my head.

[TheFaQQer]

Must admit, I'd never heard the term in that context and the 'joke' went right over my head.

Watch the Karate Kid trilogy...

[Mich the Tester]

Watch the Karate Kid trilogy...

Could I watch paint dry instead please?

[Platypus]

Must admit, I'd never heard the term in that context and the 'joke' went right over my head.

Ditto

[barrydidit]

Ditto

+1

But I like learning new words.

[Ticktock]

It's another of those things that, when you think about it, make you wonder how it can be quite so offensive (especially in context of the stupid, unknown, attention-seeking, money-grubbing "actress" sueing, who isn't actually a "slope" herself).

Slope. Comes from slope-eyed. Comes from a description of the appearance of the eyes to be sloping at an angle, especially compared to caucasians. Is it better, worse or equal to Prince Phillip calling them slitty-eyed?

Not really different to me being called a whiteman based solely on my skin. in fact, since slope is a contraction on the phrase, it's more like me being called "white".

[sasguru]

Not really different to me being called a whiteman based solely on my skin. in fact, since slope is a contraction on the phrase, it's more like me being called "white".

Or is it more like using the word N**ger, since that is simply a contraction of Negro?
Or maybe Paki, since that is simply a contraction of Pakistani?

FFS, where do we find these cretins

[Ticktock]

Or is it more like using the word N**ger, since that is simply a contraction of Negro?
Or maybe Paki, since that is simply a contraction of Pakistani?

FFS, where do we find these cretins

Actually, not in the second case, it's not - my examples are of physical features, not the assumption that everyone with the appearance of a certain region is from the same place.

******, being a corruption of negro, meaning simply "black", as in skin, is closer, yes. The only reason it is seen as racist is because the pronunciation "******" is the corruption that was born in the US south during slavery. It was not a racist term so much, but because of the circumstances where it was used it became associated heavily with negativity. Nowadays, that negativity has made people call it racist. It's the same reason why it's OK for you to call someone "black", but not "negro". How the spanish speakers in America cope I don't know.

As you seem to have reacted with a knee-jerk PC attitude instead of using rational thought, I guess that makes you the cretin, cretin.

And yes, it's a corruption of the word, not a contraction, cretin.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

This is all fine. Just don't call anyone a munter :-)