S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?

[Anonymous]

Anything said by a white person is racist.

-Thousands of DCUM posts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea chop chop had anything do to with any racial anything.

But, that's not saying much. I had no idea "welshing" had anything to do with Welsh. Primarily because I had always heard it said "welch" and never related it to any group of people.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Totally depends on the context. If it's said seriously or with a certain tone, absolutely.

(Not Asian)

I assume that “Chinaman’s chance” is unwoke now, too.

Is “New York minute” offensive to New Yorkers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea chop chop had anything do to with any racial anything.

But, that's not saying much. I had no idea "welshing" had anything to do with Welsh. Primarily because I had always heard it said "welch" and never related it to any group of people.

Can’t say gypped anymore either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its not the best expression to use.

There is a very fine restaurant in London on the Kings Road called

"Ho Lee Fook"

which does make me laugh, every time.

And a restaurant in New Hampshire got in trouble with the local authorities for Pho King Great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's more offensive is assuming any one syllable word beginning in "ch" is Asian in origin.

As in ka-Ching”?

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Anonymous wrote:Totally depends on the context. If it's said seriously or with a certain tone, absolutely.

(Not Asian)

I have no idea what you mean. Offensive when said seriously or with a certain tone? What tone?

Welshing on a deal - offensive. Saying Chop chop to mean hurry, why would this be offensive?

I just looked up "welsh" and it's not anti-welsh. It refers to a practice common in 18th century England where englishman would run off to wales to avoid debts (especially bookies that wanted to avoid paying on bets). So it didn't suggest that the welsh were unreliable--it just suggested that wales was a good place to hide from creditors. Which was probably true then, and maybe still is true now.

It is generally considered offensive now.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/72806/are-the-terms-welsh-or-welch-as-in-reneging-on-a-bet-derogatory-toward-the

Only by the people who have an apoplexy if you use the word niggardly.

Um .. the original usage of "welsh" the verb implies people who live in Wales, or at least some subset of them, are debtors who ran away to hide from their creditors. How is that not derogatory towards people who live in Wales aka Welsh people?

It’s like saying “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” is offensive and derogatory to Nevadans.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's more offensive is assuming any one syllable word beginning in "ch" is Asian in origin.

As in ka-Ching”?

this is an example of onomatopoeia.

stop being an ass

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it offensive to use Yiddish? French? Can I say Au Revoir?

Actually this comment is offensive!

[Anonymous]

My 6 year old says ‘chop chop and tally ho!’ All the time when she wants me to do something faster. Pretty sure she got it from a book.

[Anonymous]

Didn't know chop chop was racists. Still not sure I see how?

On another note, I was told the saying, 'rule of thumb' is offensive.

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Anonymous wrote:My 6 year old says ‘chop chop and tally ho!’ All the time when she wants me to do something faster. Pretty sure she got it from a book.

“Tally ho” reeks or British imperialist upper crust white racist landed gentry privilege.

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Anonymous wrote:What's more offensive is assuming any one syllable word beginning in "ch" is Asian in origin.

As in ka-Ching”?

this is an example of onomatopoeia.

stop being an ass

Why go on the warpath?

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Anonymous wrote:My 6 year old says ‘chop chop and tally ho!’ All the time when she wants me to do something faster. Pretty sure she got it from a book.

“Tally ho” reeks or British imperialist upper crust white racist landed gentry privilege.

I’ll make sure to tell her that in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't know chop chop was racists. Still not sure I see how?

On another note, I was told the saying, 'rule of thumb' is offensive.

I swear I posted this on another thread, but in grad school in 2014 we were taught that "chop chop" is racially insensitive because it derived from making Asian immigrants work faster, and was demeaning to them. It was also news to me, but I haven't used it since.