Re: Pet Peeves

Subject: Re: Pet Peeves
From: "Sandy Harris" <sandyinchina -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:38:29 +0800

On 3/15/07, Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> wrote:

> *I* am offended by knee-jerk political correctness.
> I know I'm not alone.

Definitely not!

> .... (Can I talk about chickens, ducks and
> rabbits in the same sentence, or is that offensive too?)

Here in China, "ji" (meaning chicken) is used for prostitutes,
often in the expression "country chicken" for the farm girls
working in town, and "ya" (meaning duck) is a gigolo. So
in some contexts, you might use those entirely innocent
English words and say something highly amusing and/or
offensive to a Chinese speaker.
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References:
RE: Pet Peeves: From: Kevin McLauchlan
RE: Pet Peeves: From: Al Geist

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