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Help[Opinions] Re: Teague
in reply to a message by CruelPumps
Teague, based of Taig and Tadgh, is a pejorative. I wouldn't use it no matter what gender or spelling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taig
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taig
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I am aware of that, but where I live this isn't really an issue, since no one would know, let alone care.
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Yah, but what if he travelled when he was older? Does that not bother you? It would be like naming your kid Darkie, Gook, or Dyke. Sure, in Russia they might not mean much but if he came to America it would be offensive. Think long term.
And besides, I don't know where you live but I live in the US and I would know and I would care, and I'm not even from the area where the word originated.
And besides, I don't know where you live but I live in the US and I would know and I would care, and I'm not even from the area where the word originated.
This message was edited 11/7/2014, 2:41 AM
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So would you say it's wrong to use the name or nn Paddy then?
I for one have never heard anyone ever use Teague and all the spellings as a pejorative. Maybe it's more common where you are from.
Personally I wouldn't not use a name because of some sort of outdated hardly used offensive term.
I mean is it hurtful to the child or offensive to name them something like Reuben or Sammy?
If a name was a name first then I think it's safe to use. If it's a derogatory term or an insult that was never used as a name historically then I think it would be wrong and offensive.
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I for one have never heard anyone ever use Teague and all the spellings as a pejorative. Maybe it's more common where you are from.
Personally I wouldn't not use a name because of some sort of outdated hardly used offensive term.
I mean is it hurtful to the child or offensive to name them something like Reuben or Sammy?
If a name was a name first then I think it's safe to use. If it's a derogatory term or an insult that was never used as a name historically then I think it would be wrong and offensive.
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This message was edited 11/7/2014, 3:16 AM
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Yah, I think Paddy is bad, too. Obviously, if an Irishman wants to reclaim the word then thats fine ("Lord Edward FitzGerald, a major leader of the United Irishmen of 1798, proclaimed himself proudly 'a Paddy and no more' and stated that 'he desired no other title than this.'") but someone outside of that particular group shouldn't be using it. The same goes for Hymie, Guido, Gypsy, and Whitey.
Its like using Adolf. It was a fine name before it was tainted by Hitler. So, for example, I don't find anything wrong with Mick, Jerry, or Charlie because they haven't really been tainted by time and circumstance (except Mick verges on the line) and when you say Jerry most people might think of Jerry Seinfeld or an uncle Jerry before they think of the slang term for a German.
Maybe I'm just too PC.
Its like using Adolf. It was a fine name before it was tainted by Hitler. So, for example, I don't find anything wrong with Mick, Jerry, or Charlie because they haven't really been tainted by time and circumstance (except Mick verges on the line) and when you say Jerry most people might think of Jerry Seinfeld or an uncle Jerry before they think of the slang term for a German.
Maybe I'm just too PC.
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