A misspelling? 2CC's interesting tweets on the Japanese

Considering the Japanese do exactly the same thing I don’t think it’s a problem- they shorten the polite word “gaikokujin” (literally “outside country person”) to the more casual “gaijin” ( or “outside person”) all the time, and use it as both a normal word and a racial slur. You hear it plenty when they’re talking about you when they think you can’t understand it… and amusingly will still use it when they’re in a foreign country, despite being the foreigners themselves…

I’m sure there’s a place in Fyshwick called “Jap car parts” or something similar. A lot of people evidently don’t think it is offensive.

I am sick of the relic penissauruses at 2cc. They claim to represent something but are really motivated by their sponsors and adverts. Illy bloody coffee gimmie a break. It’s not WW2 anymore you racists. Japan are our allies now – I for one are proud of it.

Ah tweets, the refuge of the serious egotist, and cause of so much hilarity.

Has there ever been a worse or more pathetic form of communication?

Nope. On both counts.

chewy14 said :

Um isn’t the misspelled word Shepherd?

That certainly stuck out for me a lot more than Japs (sorry, “japs”).

Um isn’t the misspelled word Shepherd?

It ‘s just possible that they are referring to the spelling of shepherd as sheppard, and haven’t even thought about the racist angle.

Unlikely but possible.

Dear 2CC, why not just save time and send people either here or here.

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We call them “Aussies”, “Yanks”, “Poms”, “Frogs”, “Micks” and “Krauts”, and we call them “Japs”. Apology was pathetic.

It’s not the first tweet I thought was any more than eyebrow raising. It’s trying to pretend it didn’t happen.