Author Topic: Is my username offensive? (Read 8531 times)

WonderingYid · « **on:** August 02, 2022, 01:38:58 PM »

I'm on another online forum with the same username.

I get this. Pinging @CountValentine

Dan · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2022, 01:40:25 PM »

Google has the word Yid blacklisted as a slur for some reason.

CountValentine · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2022, 01:41:02 PM »

Do they know you are Jewish?

CountValentine · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2022, 01:42:05 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 02, 2022, 01:40:25 PM

Google has the word Yid blacklisted as a slur for some reason.

Perceived as a slur against Jews.

yelped · « **Reply #4 on:** August 02, 2022, 01:48:18 PM »

As in Zhid, I guess.

Quote from: CountValentine on August 02, 2022, 01:42:05 PM

Perceived as a slur against Jews.

yitzgar · « **Reply #5 on:** August 02, 2022, 01:50:28 PM »

Quote from: yelped on August 02, 2022, 01:48:18 PM

As in Zhid, I guess.

I've seen Jews called Yids online (where there was clearly hateful intent)

Yehuda57 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2022, 01:51:02 PM »

Perhaps because of Tottenham Hotspur (a British soccer team)? Because they had so many Jewish fans, they started calling the players and fans Yids, Yiddos, or Yid Army, etc. But the word was also used by many as a slur, so there has been a longstanding argument about whether to use the term or not. May fans, Jews included, feel it is a positive, but many opposing fans use the term and create antisemitic cheers and songs. The club itself does not use the word and urges people not to.

Personally, I chose that team to support based purely on them being called the Yids. I didn't know it was a controversy till long after I was a fan.

CountValentine · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2022, 01:59:02 PM »

It seems how you pronounce it makes a difference.
OK - yid rhyming with deed.
Not OK - yid rhyming with did.
How do you pronounce it?

yitzgar · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2022, 02:01:34 PM »

Quote from: CountValentine on August 02, 2022, 01:59:02 PM

It seems how you pronounce it makes a difference.
OK - yid rhyming with deed.
Not OK - yid rhyming with did.
How do you pronounce it?

Did you find this online?

Yehuda57 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 02, 2022, 02:05:38 PM »

Quote from: CountValentine on August 02, 2022, 01:59:02 PM

It seems how you pronounce it makes a difference.
OK - yid rhyming with deed.
Not OK - yid rhyming with did.
How do you pronounce it?

Turns out I was the antisemite all along

Ver hut gazugt · « **Reply #10 on:** August 02, 2022, 02:13:02 PM »

Quote from: CountValentine on August 02, 2022, 01:59:02 PM

It seems how you pronounce it makes a difference.
OK - yid rhyming with deed.
Not OK - yid rhyming with did.
How do you pronounce it?

it’s used with both did or deed depends on the persons dialect.

yitzgar · « **Reply #11 on:** August 02, 2022, 02:15:55 PM »

Basically, it's Yiddish, so if you are speaking Yiddish or yinglish etc, it's not offensive because it's a normally used word in that context.

wayfe · « **Reply #12 on:** August 02, 2022, 02:16:45 PM »

The same way some consider goy a slur.

It all depends on the context.

Though on second thought, we can simplify it to "yids" and "goys".
99.99% chance those will be used in a hateful manner.