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Words that have different meanings to different races and cultures

Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:25 pm
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:25 pm
I will start.

punk = a bully to a white person and a homosexual to a black person.

fig = a cigarette to a British person and a vulgar slur for a homosexual to an American.

This post was edited on 3/19/13 at 4:26 pm
Posted by Roger Klarvin
DFW
Member since Nov 2012
46671 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:28 pm to
Hispanics in Texas combine a trashy form of spanish with english into something that doesnt make sense to natives of either culture.
Posted by Slippery Slope
Hail Satan
Member since Nov 2010
20346 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:40 pm to
Sorta like how poofter means tourist in the UK?
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57013 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:43 pm to
"Tip" in some nationalities or races, it's not even a word.
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:47 pm to
quote:

"Tip" in some nationalities or races, it's not even a word.





ETA: don't go to eat with my one of my grandfathers. he loved to blow money on some stupid shite, but was cheap when it came to tipping.
This post was edited on 3/19/13 at 4:48 pm
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103026 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 5:14 pm to
:inb4Nword:
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103026 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 5:16 pm to
quote:

Hispanics in Texas combine a trashy form of spanish with english


Good ol TexMex.

My dad can actually understand that from his years of working at my grandfathers blood plasma center in El Paso during the summer of his college years, and from having some Mexicans on our farm that speak the same way
Posted by Projectpat
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2011
11207 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 5:21 pm to
Playing footsie with the guy in the stall next to you in the airport mens room means....




...nevermind.
Posted by DesignTiger
Buford, Georgia
Member since Jun 2011
1581 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 7:09 pm to
Mate in America means sexual partner
Mate in Australia means friend
Posted by NbamaTiger90
Member since Sep 2012
1752 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 7:39 pm to
Welfare - suburb response. Holy shite we've lost everything.

Welfare -- ghetto response. We gettin paid motherfrickers
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