Oopsie, did I just make a politically incorrect boo boo? :-) No, I don't think you did. I believe that "Paki" is considered a racist insult in Britain, applied to all those of a brown skin tone. It's fine to use here, though.
And there's nothing wrong with "Paki", except that you have to have a short a sound (as in "bat") when saying Paki. Pahki doesn't sound right at all. Opposite here. But then, it's pronounced Pah-kiss-tahn, and hardly anyone in the West gets that right either, so it would be strange for them to get the pronunciation right for Paki. Not that the latter's even a real word, with a correct pronunciation. But I digress...
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Re: "Correcting" words
Date: 2004-01-15 09:25 am (UTC)No, I don't think you did.
I believe that "Paki" is considered a racist insult in Britain, applied to all those of a brown skin tone. It's fine to use here, though.
And there's nothing wrong with "Paki", except that you have to have a short a sound (as in "bat") when saying Paki. Pahki doesn't sound right at all.
Opposite here. But then, it's pronounced Pah-kiss-tahn, and hardly anyone in the West gets that right either, so it would be strange for them to get the pronunciation right for Paki. Not that the latter's even a real word, with a correct pronunciation. But I digress...