Racist Furniture

[eric&gen 0]

Watch your mouth sucka. jk

[almaty 19]

in spanish..negro= black....

[almaty 19]

the CIS countries the word негр (pronounced negr and derived from negro) commonly refers to somebody with the African ethnic roots and does not have any negative connotation. The direct translation of "black" (чёрный, pronounced chjornyj) can also refer nowadays to darker-skinned people from the southern regions of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan, etc.); it is considered a racist insult in all cases. See also: Anti-national sentiment in Russia: Hostility towards Africans.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

niger is the Latin word for black. Maybe a typo.

I thought "negro" was the latin word for black? Maybe I need to brush up on my pig Latin a little

Latin was/is a language. Pig Latin is not.

http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup....ger&ending=

niger -gra -grum [black , dark-colored; blackening; bad, unlucky]; n. as subst. [a black spot].

niger

nigra

nigrum

[mawilson 2,133]

the CIS countries the word негр (pronounced negr and derived from negro) commonly refers to somebody with the African ethnic roots and does not have any negative connotation. The direct translation of "black" (чёрный, pronounced chjornyj) can also refer nowadays to darker-skinned people from the southern regions of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan, etc.); it is considered a racist insult in all cases. See also: Anti-national sentiment in Russia: Hostility towards Africans.

So if the company wanted to sell racist furniture in Russia, they would have to call it негр-чёрный?

[~Chad~ 0]

My couch is honkey-white.

[JoeMama 0]

the CIS countries the word негр (pronounced negr and derived from negro) commonly refers to somebody with the African ethnic roots and does not have any negative connotation. The direct translation of "black" (чёрный, pronounced chjornyj) can also refer nowadays to darker-skinned people from the southern regions of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan, etc.); it is considered a racist insult in all cases. See also: Anti-national sentiment in Russia: Hostility towards Africans.

So if the company wanted to sell racist furniture in Russia, they would have to call it негр-чёрный?

You got that right

It was funny. My friend who is from Belarus told me about her neighbor who moved. She told me the guy was a "nig*er". I know with her Russian accent, it sounded much worse. I told her to make sure she adds the "o" to the end of the end. I know what she was trying to say. She's in the US now.

Edited April 11, 2007 by altimixdj

[eric&gen 0]

All my furniture is brown but im not racist i dont call it racist names lol.

[mawilson 2,133]

All my furniture is brown but im not racist i dont call it racist names lol.

That would be sand-***-brown

P.S. Ok, I'll stop. It's all a big joke to me but some people actually believe that words can offend.

Edited April 11, 2007 by mawilson

[eric&gen 0]

All my furniture is brown but im not racist i dont call it racist names lol.

That would be sand-***-brown

[Ladylethal 12]

My husband's comment was "Probably it was lost in translation 'cus in latin countries (true for PR and Brazil) negro is the proper word, non insulting".

[Robor007 0]

I like to think my couch is Halle Berry brown. :energetic:

[JoeMama 0]

I have a couch that was made out of the very Columbian coffee beans picked by Juan Valdez himself! My ottoman is made out of rice patties in China. Do you have racist names I can call my furniture? Sometimes I stub my toe walking by them and I'd like something new to call them when I stub my toe again!

[Alex+R 0]

My husband's comment was "Probably it was lost in translation 'cus in latin countries (true for PR and Brazil) negro is the proper word, non insulting".

Even if that were the case, I love the idea that they were going for some equivalent of "African-American brown" as a furniture color, whatever that would even mean...

[Welshcookie 17]

I like to think my couch is Halle Berry brown. :energetic:

I think my husband wishes our couch was Halle Berry...full stop...