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benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2009-08-01 11:51 am

Tip for racists

Chinese people can distinguish between "l" and "r" sounds just fine, in fact probably better than English-speakers can. It's only Japanese people that have trouble with it.

If you're going to write stupid racist captions on pictures of the US-China summit, get it right. How can I be offended if you're not going to at least put in a minimum amount of effort on this one?

[identity profile] denyse.livejournal.com 2009-08-01 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the whole 'L' and 'R' thing really annoys me. The number of times I've had to put up with the 'flied lice' joke since coming to america...

[identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com 2009-08-01 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh. :(