Japs and JAPs

Limey Linda · 26 October 2007, 22:26

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Originally Posted by ian parkes

And selva is yamaha and mercury tohatsu etc etc , the list is never ending , but I would find it hard to believe that yamaha would need to use a ford engine ,

that would be like the japs or germans employing land rover to make a decent diesel engine or gearbox

JK is going to be down on you like a ton of bricks for using that J word.

ian parkes · 26 October 2007, 22:43

Limey whats up with the J word then yanks, japs, brits, kiwis etc etc surely all just nick names or short terms for us all .

Limey Linda · 26 October 2007, 22:51

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Originally Posted by ian parkes

that sounds more like it i actually wrote that it was more likely Yam made an engine for Ford then deleted it as i was speculating .

Limey whats up with the J word then yanks, japs, brits, kiwis etc etc surely all just nick names or short terms for us all .

I dunno, you better ask JK. He deleted the last post I made using that word and scolded me.

ian parkes · 26 October 2007, 23:34

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Originally Posted by Limey Linda

I dunno, you better ask JK. He deleted the last post I made using that word and scolded me.

i should think so too

Hightower · 27 October 2007, 00:21

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Originally Posted by Limey Linda

JK is going to be down on you like a ton of bricks for using that J word.

I think it was because of the context you used it in. Not the word it self.

Limey Linda · 27 October 2007, 00:39

Just to clarify the subject see.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap
At the time I was not aware of this but I am now and I did not use it in a derogatory context. However, someone else did on the same thread. It would appear that JK is smarter than both of us.
Subject closed.

codprawn · 27 October 2007, 04:34

Are we allowed to talk about JAP engines and outboards then?

http://uk.geocities.com/seabeeoutboard/pics.html

Hightower · 27 October 2007, 09:35

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Are we allowed to talk about JAP engines and outboards then?

http://uk.geocities.com/seabeeoutboard/pics.html

That was the very first outboard I owned, although the engine looked exactly same as the ones in the pictures but with the addition of a fibreglass cover.

Nos4r2 · 27 October 2007, 11:05

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Are we allowed to talk about JAP engines and outboards then?

http://uk.geocities.com/seabeeoutboard/pics.html

Not unless John Alfred Prestwick has a derogatory meaning

I don't see the problem with the term anyway-it's only the same as calling us Brits.

codprawn · 27 October 2007, 19:33

Couldn't agree more............

fast fred · 03 November 2007, 11:27

hows about that Brit Made outboard, Sea-gull i think its called. ya Knockin um dead with that one

John Kennett · 07 November 2007, 14:30

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Couldn't agree more............

Some you win, some you lose . . .

John