Thread: Is the word 'Paki' offensive, if so why?
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Old 16.10.2009, 15:32
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Re: Paki ?
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Exactly, it is logical to shorten Pakistani into either Pak or Paki.
And logic has got NOTHING to do with it.

Usage is everything.

If you can't understand that there's no point talking to you.
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