Anybody Got A Link to WPC Final
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Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/user/cuebie81
I think the crowd destroyed Gomez.
sorry for the OT...but why can't American TV produce pool video like that...multiple camera angles, quick edits, interesting shots of the players hands in action, close-ups of the player during the break...I'm so jealous of the European/Asian market.
Ouch!Dawgie said:
Nice racial term there.
At least 9000+ of these rabbid fans showed up.
They are going to hold WPC in Manila next year again.
3 years in a row these rowdy fans have supported WPC there.
Where? he's just abbreviated fillipino
worriedbeef said:
Nope, that's as bad as "brown-skinned monkeys."
Although the word is been in used since 1929 by Filipino immigrants in the USA. The modern(resurgence of the) usage has a very devious origin (F--ing Little Island People, supposedly by US GI's during WWII), and the word itself has a very bad connotation in Filipino culture (Flip = "gone crazy").
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It is considered a racial slur, but like other racial slurs it is sometimes used within the respective race.worriedbeef said:
Looking at Dawgie's post, I don't think he knew.There is a slang term that carries a positive connotation, which is "Pinoy", or "Pinay" for a female.
JoeyInCali said:
For the record, it's an ethnic slur. A racial term would require a reference to ALL Asians.
For the record, I don't think Dawgie even unintentionally typed an ethnic/racial slur. Notice his spelling. FILP, not FLIP. It's obvious he was trying to just abbreviate Filipino, as worriedbeef had mentioned.Dawgie said:
Secondly, I don't think the crowd was booing Peach. I think they were just booing the outcome of the call/match. Regardless, I still think it was disrespectful toward Peach, who put one hell of a performance and didn't deserve the crowd's reaction.
I do feel the crowd did make it up to Peach during his acceptance speech. Obviously the crowd would have preferred a Filipino holding the trophy, but you can still get the sense that the crowd genuinely embraced the victor.
crosseyedjoe said:
Not to get this thread too badly side-tracked, but I thought that term was used by Filipinos in the US to describe themselves, and therefore I didn't think it was derogatory. Was I mistaken? Or is it like black people using the n-word to describe themselves, which doesn't make it okay for white people to use it?
Also, before anyone gets too angry about the post that started this discussion, the (unedited) text says "Filp.", and not "flip". Due to that spelling difference, and in the interest of giving the benefit of the doubt, I think Dawgie may have just been trying to come up with a shorter way to type "Filipino" rather than using the apparently derogatory term.
-Andrew
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jsp said:
Beat me to it.
-Andrew
although i was right i didn't actually know about this particular slur - thanks for educating me.