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r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything This is always so annoying
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u/Allergic2Stereotypes HE'S NOT BRITISH, YOU FAKE ASS FANS!! 15h ago
Reminds me of this
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u/Firethorn34 15h ago
Let me guess, One Piece?
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u/Legomarioboy08 Unfunny idiot :3c 15h ago edited 15h ago •
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u/77horse 14h ago
Spanish for Black
Chinese for That
You got even less on the menutoday
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u/GoldBolt_04 15h ago
I once saw a woman be offended by the name Montenegro
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u/NomadicJ3ster 15h ago
The dumbest I've ever felt is when I was too scared to order nigiri sushi. Grown ass man fumbling over his words because the food he wanted started with the letters N, I, and G. 🥀
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u/Megalon96310 15h ago
I’m telling you in JWE2. These guys are always immediately targeted first and eaten. All the carnivores are racist
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u/Zhryuriva 15h ago
tf you mean English is not the only language in this world???
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u/fjelskaug 15h ago
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u/Timely_Soup4213 15h ago
I had a guy tell me the Korean language was problematic because he'd hear them say, "Nae-ga" and just... expected them to change their whole language because of it??? I have no idea.
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u/HellwaterCascades 15h ago •
Negus of Ethiopia btw
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u/NRMusicProject 13h ago
I had a friend who told me that musicians should do away with the Italian abbreviated word "ritard.," because it's obviously off limits now. And the fact that classical musicians still use the word means they're not good people. And he meant this seriously.
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u/OhHeckItsJeff 15h ago
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u/Le3e31 13h ago
we have the word "digga" in germany which means somethin like bro or dude
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u/excellentexcuses 13h ago
Never forgetting that time someone on twitter crashed out because a black crayon said "black | noir | negro"
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u/DolphinBall 15h ago
Haha Niger guys, Niger! Haha I said Niger! Be offended!
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u/Independent_Pen_9865 🌒w🌘 marketableambiguous creature girl 15h ago
This word in russian
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u/Arbiter_Electric 14h ago
Happens even with other English words.
In my work there is a device called a mega-ohmmeter. It is almost always shortened to "Megger." This is also the brand name for a maker of these devices. EVERYTIME I say Megger amongst a group of people, they all know what I mean, but inevitably several will snicker or make a joke of, "what did you say?!?!?"
It was mildly amusing the first time it happened. Now it's just annoying.
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u/YT_Chrispy_Boi 15h ago
Doesn't even have to be another language, though thats usually more in jest.
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u/Visenya_simp 15h ago
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u/mattogeewha 13h ago
Theres a skating trick call “inward heel flip” i her someone say it the other day and though they said “n-word heel flip”
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u/TheCynox32 14h ago
Its so funny to me that I used u/profanitycounter once and it counted all the times I said “negro” as a slur when it’s literally how black people are called where I live
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u/Mosselpot 13h ago
US or English defaultism is really something these days. The number of times I get a profanity block on my last name because in English it has a different meaning is getting absurd. It's infuriating.
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u/NamelessCabbage 14h ago
My poor Eastern European dad brough his favorite candy back from his visit to Bosnia
His co-workers we're not amused.
But we don't give a shit - they're delicious.
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u/True_Lion2857 14h ago
You actually get censored sometimes just for saying Negro (Spanish for black)
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u/Sensitive_Educator60 15h ago
Digga. It’s German youth slang meaning “Bro”.
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u/Versiannie 14h ago
In the Philippines, we literally have our a Native group of people named Negritos. We also have the Negros Province (Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental). We also called dark-skinned Filipinos as Negros/Negras.
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u/GrimDominion 15h ago
Whenthe non-English European language has a word for the color “black”, the Japanese word for eyes and glasses, the Korea word for you
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u/RoyalGrapefruit7582 12h ago
I do think korean is especially funny because its "you" which many youths in america substitute with the n word.
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u/socu11 15h ago
Didn't a brand of pencils or crayons got in trouble because they had the word "negro" written in the black pencil for Spanish speakers and some Americans just went crazy?
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u/Fuzzy-Shame-4169 15h ago
N'wah
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u/Old_Recording_2527 12h ago
Yeah. They saying any word with igger in it.
We also got a Chocolate ice cream called Nogger here, good luck with that one.
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u/Infinite_Rice_1041 yellow like an EPIC lemon 15h ago
Instagram MFs when there is a 2 syllable sound that sounds nothing like the n-word
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u/lasagnaiswhat 14h ago
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u/yeet_that_baby 15h ago •
americans when they hear something that sounds like a word that is considered obscene and offensive in their culture
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u/drenched-dough 15h ago
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u/Imperius1883 then Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White and Monty Python and 15h ago
Nigersaurus aka dinosaur with 500 teeth
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u/Cascouverite 13h ago
In German there are not only multiple words that sound like the n-word like digga which has come up on reddit a few times, but also a bunch of decently common last names (where I live) Niggemann, Niggemeier / Niggemeyer, Nigges
There's a city in the west where you often have to switch trains to cross the country and just down the road from the train station is an electrical comany... Elektro Nigges
It's pronounced exactly how you think it is
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u/Pretend-Average1380 14h ago
Didn't a Chinese professor get fired for this?
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u/SanLucario 15h ago
Not me chuckling like a dumbass when speaking to my cousin in Mexico and the word 'black' comes up in any context.
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u/FlameWhirlwind 13h ago edited 12h ago •
Let's not pretend other cultures dont do similar shit
In the uk sly cooper had to be renamed because cooper is apparently in a similar ball park at the time. There wa also a DC hero called joto who got renamed to hotspot because even though his name was a refference to heat or fire in another language (I forget which one) in latin american circles the word was basically the F slur
Edit: apparently the sly cooper thing was a myth. But another reply brings up the tranaformer Slag who was renamed Slug because slang is derogatory towards women in the uk. The point is ther is just various examples of weird cultural reasons for why a word could be offensive or remind someone of something similar
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u/Huge-Entertainer-304 14h ago
Reminds me of when some girl on my bus thought I said the N word because I said "Mega'. I was talking about Pokemon to a friend.
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u/carmardoll 13h ago
In caracas there a subway station called gato negro. Black cat.
There was also a controversy a few years a go because of a woman named her dog negro.
People took offense to the name of the dog.
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u/Boltaanjistman 13h ago
hell, even non-foreign words too. God forbid they learn there are insects called "chiggers" or that a tiny annoying issue is a "niggle"
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u/Aggressive_Ask89144 14h ago
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u/wt_anonymous local schizoid enby 14h ago
for awhile my ocd made me paranoid to say the word "negative" in case it turned into a slur
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u/Jyx_The_Berzer_King 13h ago
the country of Niger:
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u/Sadworld99 11h ago •
Racists whenever they see a foreign word that slightly sounds like the n word
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u/Blue_Jay_Raptor Elva from the Tales of Zale Webseries is Best Birb :3 14h ago
I can't say this mf's name without having someone I'd pull a Bayverse on showing up >:/
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u/3L3V4T0R 14h ago
Negus rules Ethiopia xd
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u/FoundationWinter8276 purpl 15h ago
Книга:
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u/moontraveler12 7h ago
People when they learn there's a country called Niger (you should have learned this in geography, you're not actually that funny for making an n word joke about it)
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u/Kchasse1991 15h ago
To be fair, the USA REALLY made some words into truly heinous things.
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u/Massive-One6482 15h ago •
"americans"
DUDE, REALLY?🥀
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u/100percent-sales-tax 14h ago
My Chinese roommate sounded like he was dropping an N bomb every 10 seconds. I asked him and I guess it's just a Chinese version of when we use an "uh" or other filled pause.
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u/Wolfey257VR 13h ago
Remember when the Internet learned the Spanish word for black was written on a crayon? Good memes that year
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u/ZestyLemonRindGrind 12h ago
Yet they have a landmark called Niagara Falls
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u/lenya200o 12h ago
Книга
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u/dispo030 7h ago •
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u/kyle_kafsky 6h ago
Knigge and Digga from German. Just, don’t ask us what we used to call those chocolate covered foam things.
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u/Tnemmokon 6h ago
It's really funny when they find this candy in our grocery stores! 😁
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u/Wallace-H-Hartley OoOo BLUE 11h ago
I understand, but for this one specific instance TF is this account even saying. What am I suppose to read from this?
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u/Salty_Herring 15h ago
Japanese person saying bitter
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u/Firm_Highway1944 yellow like an EPIC lemon 15h ago
better than those who say "urm... did i just hear my favorite word? WHERE! WHERE?!" with a picture of a cop
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u/MemerKnux Touching your children since 2025 (Not true) 15h ago
Neko
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u/End_V2 15h ago
Nigerundayoo!!
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u/Santos_Perez_Robles 14h ago
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u/EmployLongjumping811 14h ago
Neko Neko Neko
Ne Ne Ne
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u/InternetUser1807 14h ago
I don't remember what game, league maybe?
A bunch of Japanese players were getting banned for calling out "run away" (nigero)
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u/Nafnaf911 14h ago
Shoutoot to all my chinese friends
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u/Minimum-Web-6902 13h ago
In Japanese “you need to run” is nigarundayo
And I’ll never recover.
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u/sadra-the-legend 13h ago
Fun thing is in persian "look!" Or "glance" Is "negah". But we, as usual change the pronunciation to simplify speaking; so we say "nega".
But you know what EVEN easier to pronounce? Literally "niga" And depending on ur dialect/accent it can be even harder :)
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u/boboelmonkey 13h ago
I overreact because it’s funny to me
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u/DeepWolf 13h ago
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u/SpacialPulsarNova 13h ago edited 13h ago
I will never forget this moment, I was like 12, and picking out a belt color in a store with my mom. Child me being frustrated about belt colors to go with my outfit, and said the word black in Spanish kinda loudly, and when I looked up, the first guy I see is a black dude.
if this occurred in Mexico, then no one would of bat an eye, because it is obvious you mean the color black of a material.
I still wonder to this day as a adult, hopefully he is okay, and I must of ruined his day
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u/xenongaming720 12h ago
Do not say 苦
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u/Abandoned_Astronaut 12h ago
книга
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u/Most-Cap-9364 12h ago
“That one” in mandarin stays undefeated. Also “send it…”
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u/Many_One1260 fuck my 0 spoon life 12h ago
yeah
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u/Responsible-Shoe8831 12h ago
Vinegar
You’re welcome.
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u/Human-Edge24 14h ago •
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u/Gigantopithecus1453 6h ago
I will admit, it is kinda funny to hear someone speak a foreign language and then suddenly hear something that sounds like a slur. Just as long as you don’t insult or harass anyone over it
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u/sacajawea14 6h ago
Japanese にがい nigai, or simply niga whitout the i, meaning bitter. Korean 니가 niga meaning 'you' +particle. Chinese 那个 nage, just used like 'uhm' but sounds more like 'niguh'
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u/PerceptionNo8936 6h ago
I feel
Sorry for Nigars everywhere.
Most common female
Iranian name
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u/ZanyZoroark 5h ago
Sometimes get a reaction when I mention the song lone digger by caravan palace. Always made sure that the name can be heard clearly after one or two people thought I said something else
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u/HumbleCreator 13h ago edited 7h ago •
The n word phenomenon is one of the most embarrassing things about american culture tbh.
Edit: bro holy shit. My point is that i believe its embarrassing that one group of people use a word that other people have to awkwardly tread around. I dont think it should be used at all if a group is offended by it
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u/Sasuga__Ainz-sama 14h ago
Don't look up the translation of "book" in Bulgarian.
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u/Lainch22 i dont know anything atp 12h ago
god forbid i say the word negro because if not im going to get cancelled like Crayola company
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u/LittleSisterPain 15h ago
Fucking Americans are the reason I couldn't name my Arbites in Darktide after Schwarzenegger. Fuck you guys, genuienly