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[–]strawberrycake 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I remember an American professor got in trouble (and possibly fired) for talking about the Mandarin filler word “nei ge”. It means “umm” or “that”. But since it somewhat sounds like a racist term, he got cancelled. Disgustingly Anglo-centric like all this woke BS.

[–]wendyokoopa1 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What's really bad is neige is French for snow