region-specific slurs
the existence of words that are horribly offensive slurs in British English and either completely benign or just nonexistent words in American English will never not feel _really weird_ to me
like the word spaz in the US is word for an overly rambunctious child but in the UK is a hugely offensive word for someone with cerebral palsy
and the not-word "paki" is apparently a really offensive word in the UK for someone of middle-eastern or south-asian descent, but in the US we didn't even know that it _wasn't_ the proper term for someone from pakistan until recently (the proper term, breaking the convention of other -stan countries, is "pakistanian")
Are there similar cases of words that are massively offensive in American English but are perfectly ordinary in British English? I can't think of any
re: region-specific slurs
@Felthry in the UK ‘faggot’ is both a homophobic slur and a type of food from my area.
re: region-specific slurs
@Brainship I thought it meant a cigarette? But yeah that's one
I think it's also an italian word for a musical instrument (or like, fagotti or something is anyway, from the same origin)
re: region-specific slurs / food photo
@Felthry ah.
Fag does mean a cigarette, but a faggot specifically is one of these.
re: region-specific slurs / food photo
@Brainship so like, meatballs?
re: region-specific slurs / food photo
@Felthry kinda, but they’re made of pork offal, mostly heart and liver with herbs and onions.
Which is then wrapped in pig abdomen membrane to hold it together.