Stephen Griffiths wrote: > On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 13:06 +0200, Alexia Death wrote: > >> Some English speakers >> discomfort at the name is getting a bit ridiculous IMHO. >> > > These words make me squirm. > fag - a pile of sticks (secondary meaning, rarely used) > nigger - a person from a poor background (secondary meaning, almost > unheard of) > chink - a chink in a chain (primary meaning) > speck - a speck of dust (primary meaning) >
speck doesn't have an offensive tone to it. However, "spic" may depending upon context. _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
