Yes 
Jabbs!
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Or I shall start complaining if people use the shortage for NOR as Norway instead of Norwegian or Norwegian instead of Norway? 
Shall I cry and complain now?
oh believe me , we all have other shortened names for you. alot of them are 4 letter words aswell but if we used them .you would complain ,so we just stick to the good old tried and tested jabs 
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Ahahaha I am happy to be so popular and loved by everyone
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Yes, the floor is all yours
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Doesnāt it say āThe stage is yoursā ?
I am from the ghetto; we had a flo, not a stage!
I am sorry to have offended you by giving you the floor! Jabs, the stage is yours
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Haha well at least it seems the stupid debate has stopped
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Donāt hold your breath.
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I have also seen the term don`t hold yer breath, pal from other englishmen for example. 
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There must be something to debate in the first place. What is there to debate?
Sorry, but I disagree.
When the soldiers in Vietnam spoke about āCharlieā, that was as derogatory to me, as the use of the word āJAPā for japanese people after Pearl Harbour.
What, I guess, still didnāt get acroos, is the fact, that language has words, that can be used as regular conversation in the original meaning, but depending on how, where, in which context, they can be insulting.
Use the word pussy, no problem, used here a zillion times.
Would I call you a pussy, thatās different.
I used to live in an environment with Americans of different origin.
Some asians, some afro-american or native americans, American Indians or whatever today is the correct term. The racist - question was around permanent. You had to think twice about nearly everything you said.
Would we eliminate the words, that possibly, eventually, under some circumstances can be mistaken, we would soon talk like some Neandertals probably did in single syllables.
Iām not a linguist, and for myself, I want to finish this discussion.
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Brilliant response! Letās end it; some people always want to be correct and never want to learn and see it from other peopleās perspectives.
And this person is the type that never wants to learn.
With that being said, I need to pee.
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I told you!
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Iām neither bothered, nor outraged. If thatās what you perceive from what I posted, then clearly you are wrong. But, even if that were true, why would it matter?
Iām not trying to make it be anything. It is what it is. I simply provided some truth from other people where obviously none resided. I donāt need backup. The truth is true regardless of how many people voice it.
And, Iām not the only person talking about it. You, Florencio and Seth were conferring before I was involved.
I could be wrong, but if I had to guess, Iād say you and Florencio were born during the period 1946-1964.
The bottom line is, you can believe whatever you want. That doesnāt change the facts and the truth about anything you believe.
For example, the MAGAts in trumpās cult believe heās the Messiah. That, however, doesnāt change the truth that not only is he not, but could never be, anything even vaguely resembling a Messiah. The anti-Christ, absolutely, but never a Messiah.
You and Florencio were adamant that the term Jap was not racially derogatory because that made it OK for you to continue using it. I provided facts and truth to the contrary from people more knowledgeable than me about the subject.
This is all I have to say about that.
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Reffering to a to a german as a Nazi if referring to an idiology put forward by a lunatic in 1930s/1940s germany i can not see how any correlation or connecion can be made between shortening a countries name from japan to jap can in any way be compared to calling a modern day german a NAZI itās seems to me itās an nensensical comparison
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what a load of nonsence and please excuse my absence from the conversation as i was playing golf this afternoon
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