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minus-squareLemmyEntertainYou@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoLanguage is weird. Paki is absolutely a racist slur for Pakistani but then Brit is totally acceptable for a British person despite the two words having the exact same origin.
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIsn’t Brit a British term originally? I’d guess that’d the reason it’s considered different
Language is weird. Paki is absolutely a racist slur for Pakistani but then Brit is totally acceptable for a British person despite the two words having the exact same origin.
Isn’t Brit a British term originally? I’d guess that’d the reason it’s considered different