Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 03:54:20 +0000 (UTC) From: amesnopsamrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew Stephenson) Subject: Re: Saab or GM?
In article <3E121134.5020703nopsamnline.net> tlr244nopsamnline.net "tom reingold" writes: > [...] The point is that there are general trends, and the > general trend with the word "Jap" is that is usually used as a > racist term. Most other uses are by people who don't know > that. That qualifies it very resoluttely as a racist term. As you mentioned dictionaries, I referred to my Concise Oxford Dictionary (electronic 9th Ed which I've had for maybe 5 years): "Jap // n. & adj. colloq. offens. = Japanese. [abbreviation]" Ie: "...noun & adjective, colloquial, offensive..." -- Andrew Stephenson