Hossenfeffer

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[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I mean it's not an easy question to answer is it? How is my ideological position that 'nigger' is not acceptable and removing it makes the book suitable for modern readers any different from someone else's ideological position that, e.g., 'transgender' is not acceptable and removing it makes whatever book suitable for modern readers?

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 points 4 months ago (9 children)

A punchier example would be And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - the best selling murder mystery of all time - which was first published as Ten Little Niggers

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 11 points 4 months ago

Company: But you can finish work half an hour earlier this Friday, or stay and enjoy free pizza on us! Half a slice per person, max. No fancy toppings.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago

I hope you then sent the older guys in to the liquor store to buy you booze, as is tradition.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

You should have got a gun the same caliber as the ammunition.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 points 5 months ago

What, not even one in the 40-watt range?

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

Love this format.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And the name of that Albert Einstein...?

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago

WE HAVE SOME LIKE THAT IN ENGLAND, FOR EXAMPLE A FRENCHMAN ONLY EVER CARRIES ONE EGG BECAUSE AN EGG IS UN OEUF

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago

I've been using Qwant for a while now. Better results than Google, that's for sure.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago

You can say Berlinican, Berlinese, or Berlinish.

You won’t be right but you can say them.

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