On 12/12/17 1:35 PM, Tim wrote:
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No, not in any sense.

"It is widely recognized that the attributive use of the noun Jew, in phrases such as Jew lawyer or Jew ethics, is both vulgar and highly offensive. In such contexts Jewish is the only acceptable possibility. Some people, however, have become so wary of this construction that they have extended the stigma to any use of Jew as a noun, a practice that carries risks of its own. In a sentence such as There are now several Jews on the council, which is unobjectionable, the substitution of a circumlocution like Jewish people or persons of Jewish background may in itself cause offense for seeming to imply that Jew has a negative connotation when used as a noun."

Some folks just want to be offended, or are looking too hard for offensive things.

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Though the Italian settlements in St. Louis is now called “The Hill” to be politically correct, nobody is ever offended if you ask where “Daygo Hill” is. That’s where the family eating establishments are. “Daygo Hill”. Gotta love it.



The pejorative is "Dago," not "Daygo." Crikey.