nATAH 49,582 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, Fresco said: Also, it's an elevator not a lift. It's an apartment not a flat. It's a beer not a pint. in YOUR country, maybe the US doesn't dictate the english language mother, what must i do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 As a disabled person, PERSONALLY, I’m not offended by it.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 11 hours ago, holy scheisse said: in the US spaz was never used as a slur , it was a playful term Yikes In US it basically means— clumsy, awkward, messy, neurotic (questionable word but w/e), anxious, angry, etc but I had never until this day learned that it’s a derogatory term Same here in Canada - I think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresco 1,688 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 2 hours ago, NATAH said: in YOUR country, maybe the US doesn't dictate the english language Just pointing out some of the other differences. I don't expect to dictate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 149,732 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 now it's everywhere "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshie 748 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 12:30 PM, AnnaNicoleSmith said: Spazz doesnt mean the same in the US. Case closed Sorry, but when you want to be a multinational star, similarly to being a multinational business - you should appreciate and adapt to other cultures. For example, in the UK the word w*g is a hugely racial slur on the lines of the N word. In Australia they use it completely casually to describe southern Europeans, know your audience hen, it isn't all about the U.S., no case closed. I think the whole thing is a reach however and we can't say jackshit anymore, but being called a spaz in the UK is completely rude. I mean many people do use it casually if they do something "stupid" or "clumsy" - do I think it's right, probably not? Reminds me of when people used to describe everything as 'gay' with negative connotations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
high culture 2,158 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 All I'll say is people in the UK use the f slur to describe a cigarette and nobody is cancelling them for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 149,732 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 they changed this word "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWayne92 2,173 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 So… Are not bordering the ideology of stay on your continent/country at this point? Everyone that’s rushing here to support changing a harmless lyric are literally trying to say the US doesn’t dictate the English language but wants a word changed because of THEIR interpretation of it… Hear what she means? Maybe? Because Jesus, there is so much more to bitch about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Joshie said: Sorry, but when you want to be a multinational star, similarly to being a multinational business - you should appreciate and adapt to other cultures. For example, in the UK the word w*g is a hugely racial slur on the lines of the N word. In Australia they use it completely casually to describe southern Europeans, know your audience hen, it isn't all about the U.S., no case closed. I think the whole thing is a reach however and we can't say jackshit anymore, but being called a spaz in the UK is completely rude. I mean many people do use it casually if they do something "stupid" or "clumsy" - do I think it's right, probably not? Reminds me of when people used to describe everything as 'gay' with negative connotations. If the word says another thing in India, huge country, with a lot of people living in it, and i'm american, it's american, i make songs as an american, the word means xyz to me, case closed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachinko 10,402 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 The slur police is here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 114,674 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Good for her for listening to people and changing her lyrics. I know that the word has different meanings in the US than other places, so I'm glad she listened to those it upset and decided that is not what she wanted her music to do. she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dojo 19,365 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 if this was Dua y'all would b dragging thought the mud! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACATL 1,543 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Ridiculous. Sorry not sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 149,732 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, dojo said: if this was Dua y'all would b dragging thought the mud! Dua is British so she probably knows this word is a slur in the UK. Lizzo didn't know about it. "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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