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As a skateboarder I've always found the name itself rather amusing as the term mongo has relatively negative connotations in skating.
by OOPMan 6y ago
As a skateboarder I've always found the name itself rather amusing as the term mongo has relatively negative connotations in skating.
- tincholio 6y agoIt also does in Spanish, it's a (rather old, but still used) shortened version of "retard" (from "mongólico", originally used to describe people with Down's syndrome).
- danielscrubs 6y agoSame in Swedish
- HelloNurse 6y agoSame in most languages, but there's also Emperor Mongo in Flash Gordon stories, definitely alluding to Mongol conquering hordes.
- danielscrubs 6y agoMost languages would be a stretch, there are over 7000 languages in the world.
- mr_gibbins 6y agoLose the O and it's also a nasty piece of British slang meaning the same thing.
- jwdunne 6y agoIt’s funny. Someone I used to know from Scotland is/was a software tester by day. She went mental about the name of their companies new DB. All over social media. “Derogatory, backwards”
- morelisp 6y agoThis is true in virtually all languages, as John Langdon Down used it to refer to the syndrome he first characterized, that today instead bears his name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_idiocy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_idiocy