Words you can’t say in London: Paki
I think by even writing this here i am breaking some sort of law England has.
Ofcourse in Australia Paki means a pakistani, the same way a yank means an american a pom means an englishman or a kiwi means pity.
I have tried, valiantly, to reclaim the word for good, but apparently i got here too late.
The ‘racists’ have already used and abused it.
Those wacky racists.
So now I have to change my vocabulary because a bunch of skin heads got pissed that they had to buy a paper from a brown man.
I am not a man who changes easily.
I still call radios the wireless, and when i was born no one did this.
But i don’t want to look like a racist, unless its against South Africans, then i’m ok with it.
Recently i was in a bar with some well respected men about town, and i tried to defend my use of the word, they agreed i was not being racist by saying it, but nevertheless asked me to say it a little less loudly.
Subtlety has never been a fine point of mine.
Since i am not a racist, mostly, and don’t want to offend any people for whom the word is a deep seated insult towards, i will try my best to put it back in the holster.
And remember kiddies racism is bad, if you really don’t like someone, be more creative with your insults.
Also feel free to give me some love for mentioning the phrases black cunts and then paki in two successive posts, that takes real skill.
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What can I say? You’re the Jerry Sadowitz of the blogosphere.
A black man once called my sister a “fucking paki” on the tube.
How bout Wog?
Len, I’ll take that as a compliment, probably.
Mims, seems odd.
Moses, no you can’t say that either, but to black people, gollywog. So many rules.
Have you heard about the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep?
I have been through a similar incident Jrod. I was born in a place which was then called Madras. Even now i keep calling it Madras, though it has been close to 10 years that they have got the name changed to ‘Chennai’.
There are some wacky regionalists, to go with wacky racists that are hell-bent upon calling the place ‘chennai’.
Weird world, it is.
Moses, if they did wack sheep, it could have had a gngsta edge to it.
12th, i had trouble working for an airline as mumbai’s airline code is bom, and i always accidentally caled it bombay.
Moses, if they did wack sheep, it could have had a gngsta edge to it.
12th, i had trouble working for an airline as mumbai’s airline code is bom, and i always accidentally caled it bombay.
hi my name is nic bates and i play cricket in australia and would like to play cricket in england but have no contact to find a team to play for and was wondering if you could help me find a team or contacts to help me
Try Hampshire, you’re Australian so that oughta be enough right?
Or notts.
Nic, i shall do what i can, i suggest looking up cricket clubs on the net where you want to play and contacting them direct, the contact i had at ,y club was sacked in a very bloody coup.
do you have a contact e-mail or website that i could try
to be honest i dont know much about england cricket and dont know where the best club would be of websites to look at
Nic, Send me an email @ cwb@cricketwithballs.com
and i’ll see what i can do.
I am a New Zealander living in Wellington and was wondering how I could get hold of some blonde Wags to come and sit on my knee.
Not fussy as to whether or not they’re pregnant.
Are there any websites I should contact?
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