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cost me about 1000 quit to put my rhd car on dago plates about 11 years ago so i would check that advice
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Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by sensationalfrog
(Post 8721767)
cost me about 1000 quit to put my rhd car on dago plates about 11 years ago so i would check that advice
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Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by JLFS
(Post 8722314)
I thought the word dago has been declared no-go, along with wog, wop, nigger, etc?
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Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by jimenato
(Post 8722366)
I reported that offensive post at about 0700 - disappointed that nothing's been done.
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Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by cricketman
(Post 8722414)
I have no idea what that word means and would rather not know :blink:
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Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by cricketman
(Post 8722414)
I have no idea what that word means and would rather not know :blink:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dago da·go also Da·go (dg) n. pl. da·gos also Da·gos or da·goes also Da·goes Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for an Italian, Spaniard, or Portuguese. http://http://www.yourdictionary.com/dago dago (dā′gō) noun pl. dagos -·gos or dagoes -·goes SLANG a person, often dark-skinned, of Spanish, Portuguese, or, now esp., Italian descent: a term of hostility and contempt |
Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by jimenato
(Post 8722442)
Don't read this then:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dago and http://http://www.yourdictionary.com/dago It has no place on a Spanish expats' forum. If it does, I don't. |
Re: LHD dealers profit
I don't know if I'm right or wrong on this, but maybe it doesn't do any harm to be reminded occasionally that life isn't all bonhomie and we will at times come across arseholes, not a nice word either, of any nationality.
My Spanish bank manager and personal friend often calls me a guiri and I remind him that his father used to ride around on a donkey, but neither of us are offended. Banning words in a sensible discussion is a slippery slope. |
Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by HBG
(Post 8722571)
I don't know if I'm right or wrong on this, but maybe it doesn't do any harm to be reminded occasionally that life isn't all bonhomie and we will at times come across arseholes, not a nice word either, of any nationality.
My Spanish bank manager and personal friend often calls me a guiri and I remind him that his father used to ride around on a donkey, but neither of us are offended. Banning words in a sensible discussion is a slippery slope. |
Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by cricketman
(Post 8722587)
Exactly, no need to ban bad or racist words, it just helps us form an opinion on those people who use them
but the Spanish equivalent is allowed:lol: |
Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by lynnxa
(Post 8722592)
an English/Spanish language forum I use doesn't let 'the French Connection word';) through the sweary filter
but the Spanish equivalent is allowed:lol: However, shout the same word out of the car window when driving and someone is likely to get out their car and hit you! Oh and there are no words banned on Spanish TV anyway, you can hear swearwords all day and noone really has a problem with it The whole practive of banning things is a bit of UK and US thing. You can see topless women in adverts on TV and people think it is just natural and not sexual |
Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by cricketman
(Post 8722610)
Yeah, but its not really equivalent. How bad a Spanish swearword is completely depends on context. You may hear a Spanish mum use the c word at the school gates in a conversation and noone really minds as long as it is made in a jokey way.
However, shout the same word out of the car window when driving and someone is likely to get out their car and hit you! Oh and there are no words banned on Spanish TV anyway, you can hear swearwords all day and noone really has a problem with it The whole practive of banning things is a bit of UK and US thing. You can see topless women in adverts on TV and people think it is just natural and not sexual it's really hard to explain to English people that the c word & the f word just aren't considered offensive well, maybe not hard to explain - just to convince them:unsure: |
Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by JLFS
(Post 8722449)
the Italians I knew were referred to as WOPS, Dago seem to be used for Spanish and maybe Portugese.
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Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by John & Kath
(Post 8722615)
I thought Wop was a shortened version of Western Oriental Gentleman/Person and was used in WW II to refer to Egyptians.
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Re: LHD dealers profit
Originally Posted by John & Kath
(Post 8722615)
I thought Wop was a shortened version of Western Oriental Gentleman/Person and was used in WW II to refer to Egyptians.
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