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Is this possible? Canadian is code for the n-word?

 
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:57 am    Post subject: Is this possible? Canadian is code for the n-word? Reply with quote

http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A310918
http://gawker.com/5002598/idiot-racists-proclaim-canadian-is-the-new-nigger

Is it april fools yet?
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is a little known fact that Canadians are black, but the lack of sunlight for 11 months of the year has made us somewhat pale, which in turn as distanced us, through the vagaries of melanin, from our southern brothers. Our contributions to Ebonics, however, shows our connection. For example, 'fo'shizzle ma nizzle,' common as it was for a period of time in the USA, first came into use in the less euphonious Canadian phrase, 'freezing my nipples.'
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This might go a long way in explaining the affinity of many Canadians for watermelon.
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if this means Canadians visiting the US will have to start sewing Confederate flags to their backpacks.
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm suspecting the news has been taken by an urban legend.
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Leslie Cheswyck



Joined: 31 May 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great White North, huh?
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That contents of that link seem to be from the mind of an adolescent.
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jkelly80



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite common in Chicago, especially among bar and restaurant employees.
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Flash Ipanema



Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jkelly80 wrote:
Quite common in Chicago, especially among bar and restaurant employees.



I've only heard it used amongst waiters.
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jkelly80



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flash Ipanema wrote:
jkelly80 wrote:
Quite common in Chicago, especially among bar and restaurant employees.



I've only heard it used amongst waiters.


I bartended at a convention hotel, and the bartenders and barbacks used it too. I was the only white bartender (two were Mexican, three black). The black guys usually used it to mean their "churchy" or "country" brethren, who didn't tip and accused us of being racist when we ran out of seating during an auto show.
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