Anonymous
04/04/2017 09:29
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Anything culturally appropriated and coming from a white person - especially a white woman - is racist.
Anonymous
04/04/2017 09:26
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous
04/04/2017 09:01
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
It's offensive if you're using it on somebody other than your children. It sounds like you're bossing your servants around
Anonymous
04/04/2017 09:00
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Ciao OP.
Anonymous
04/04/2017 09:00
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
I say this all the time....I have never wondered if it was offensive??
Anonymous
04/04/2017 09:00
Subject: Re:S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Honestly, I think it's so far removed from its origins that no racist intent can be construed. No one remembers where the hell it came from.
Anonymous
04/04/2017 09:00
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Is it offensive to use Yiddish? French? Can I say Au Revoir?
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:59
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
I'm sorry, what now?
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:58
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
OMG. How incredibly tiresome.
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:58
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Why?
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:54
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
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?
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:53
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Really? I use this all the time. Best friend is Asian and hasn't ever mentioned that to me.
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:52
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Offensive in a racist way? Or just a rude way?
Agree if it is said seriously it is rude. But it never dawned on me this would be racist.
Agree if it is said seriously it is rude. But it never dawned on me this would be racist.
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:49
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
Totally depends on the context. If it's said seriously or with a certain tone, absolutely.
(Not Asian)
(Not Asian)
Anonymous
04/04/2017 08:40
Subject: S/O Is "chop chop" offensive?
When telling someone to hurry up, is the expression "chop chop" offensive? Especially interested in hearing from Asians and Asian-Americans.