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> using the vehicle as a gypsy cab I'm sure you don't mean it like that, but fyi, "gypsy" is considered a racial slur. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_t
by kirubakaran 7y ago
> using the vehicle as a gypsy cab
I'm sure you don't mean it like that, but fyi, "gypsy" is considered a racial slur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_taxicab_operation#cite_note-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_taxicab_operation#cite...
- saxonslav 7y agoI'd usually say jokingly "what are you gonna do, call the police?" but that's an actual issue these days so whatever
- PavlovsCat 7y agoWhy not just "thanks, I didn't know that" ?
- benj111 7y agoIs it? They're Romany Gypsies? Sure this usage may be offensive, but certain usages of Jew are probably offensive. Further, I assume pink gypsy potatoes and gypsy moth planes aren't racial slurs?
- TomMarius 7y agoI live in a country that is full of them, and yes, it is.
- sokoloff 7y agoThe potatoes, the planes, or the people?
- TomMarius 7y agoWe don't have these other words in our language so I don't know
- benj111 7y agohttp://varieties.ahdb.org.uk/varieties/view/Pink%20Gypsy http://varieties.ahdb.org.uk/varieties/view/Pink%20Gypsy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth
- walshemj 7y agoIt is the term used for illegal off the book cabs, and Gypsy is actually used by some Romany organisations. Shortening the name to(I wont repeat it) is a slur and possibly a slur depandant on how its used similar to the shortening of Pakistani is a slur but the full name isn't.
- kirubakaran 7y agoI understand what you mean, but please see the link I posted in the comment you're replying to. Consensus on Wikipedia says otherwise. Also, personally I think using the name of an ethnic group to mean an illegal activity is not good.
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