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Gook yes, Limey, UNSURE. My father used the term Limeys which comes from UK sailors taking limes on ships to prevent scurvy.They are racial, but small potatoes, if you're overly offended be either term, your panties are a little too tight imo.......
It seems there is a fair amount of disagleement on this question, so I figured it was worth a poll.
Please vote and discuss.
It seems there is a fair amount of disagleement on this question, so I figured it was worth a poll.
Please vote and discuss.
It seems there is a fair amount of disagleement on this question, so I figured it was worth a poll.
Please vote and discuss.
No there isn't, you're just being an obsessive little douche about it.
Brits were called Limeys because British sailors used to eat limes to fend off scurvy it had nothing to do with race
Online Etymology Dictionary
I think gook is but limey isn't.
More importantly, even if some social scientist might say I'm technically wrong about what constitutes a racial epithet, I personally think that gook is simply more offensive because of the contexts in which I've heard it. The insults which anglos toss around at their different subsets generally carry less offensive undertones than those which they use for other ethnicities.
jmho
I think gook is but limey isn't.
More importantly, even if some social scientist might say I'm technically wrong about what constitutes a racial epithet, I personally think that gook is simply more offensive because of the contexts in which I've heard it. The insults which anglos toss around at their different subsets generally carry less offensive undertones than those which they use for other ethnicities.
jmho
I think gook is but limey isn't.
More importantly, even if some social scientist might say I'm technically wrong about what constitutes a racial epithet, I personally think that gook is simply more offensive because of the contexts in which I've heard it. The insults which anglos toss around at their different subsets generally carry less offensive undertones than those which they use for other ethnicities.
jmho
I think gook is but limey isn't.
More importantly, even if some social scientist might say I'm technically wrong about what constitutes a racial epithet, I personally think that gook is simply more offensive because of the contexts in which I've heard it. The insults which anglos toss around at their different subsets generally carry less offensive undertones than those which they use for other ethnicities.
jmho
"I'm Korean, not Chinese, that makes me a Gook, not a chink." ...
Margaret Cho
One's a racial slur, the other an ethnic slur; there's not a whole lot of difference, when it's used in a hateful or derogatory context. It's like the discussion we had a while back about "cracker" and "redneck"; it's all about context. Broadly, if it's said with the intent to insult, disparage, degrade, or hurt someone, then it's a slur.
I think gook is but limey isn't.
More importantly, even if some social scientist might say I'm technically wrong about what constitutes a racial epithet, I personally think that gook is simply more offensive because of the contexts in which I've heard it. The insults which anglos toss around at their different subsets generally carry less offensive undertones than those which they use for other ethnicities.
jmho
"I'm Korean, not Chinese, that makes me a Gook, not a chink." ...
Margaret Cho
She also claims to be a very good driver.
One's a racial slur, the other an ethnic slur; there's not a whole lot of difference, when it's used in a hateful or derogatory context. It's like the discussion we had a while back about "cracker" and "redneck"; it's all about context. Broadly, if it's said with the intent to insult, disparage, degrade, or hurt someone, then it's a slur.