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Food fight
Last week Guido posted a lightweight story with the headline Mandy’s Chinky Drinky Kidney Linky. At the time I thought it was a mildly amusing headline for a mildly amusing story. But since then there has been some discussion about the use of the word ‘chinky’.
I guess there can be a fine line between language being racist or merely descriptive, but I had not considered that chinky would be considered offensive when used to describe Chinese victuals. What term would you use for a Chinese carry out?
I guess there can be a fine line between language being racist or merely descriptive, but I had not considered that chinky would be considered offensive when used to describe Chinese victuals. What term would you use for a Chinese carry out?