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He means well...

In France Cheree is a girl's name and it means Dear One, or Darling One
https://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/cheree/

more than once, or so I heard

I bet she did some French stuff...

Rman... That's actually why I had asked in the first place. I had thought I remembered hearing it as a slur in the past , but when I looked it up I just got a name...

There being a name in a foreign language with a similar pronunciation and different spelling doesn't really make a difference though....

None of this "what about x" matters actually. We still use the phrase "**** in ones armor" and everyone knows it isn't intended as a slur. It's when it's used to refer to Asians that it becomes a slur. To pretend differently is to change the focus from "this is a word we shouldn't use to refer to x race" to "oh poor me, another white male right is being taken from me! I can't sing Mary Poppins!"it's a tactic used over and over again.

Next someone will start using phrases like "virtue signalling" and "SJW"....

I find it odd this went that far too.

Should have been "hey, I think that's an ethnic slur"
"Oh yeah? Sh$t guess we shouldn't call Asians chiree".

Conversation done.... We move on to other topics.

We should stop naming children Charlie in deference to the Vietnamese.

I just wish there was a snappy little tune from a Disney flick to sing about Charlie.

Well, there was that Tuna guy...

Yeah tail...
You really should reread what was posted in this thread.

Nowhere have I suggested that people shouldn't sing Mary Poppins. Your flailing attempt to imply I did, by suggesting we're going to stop naming children Charlie next, is exactly the same ploy you tried with your Chim Chim whatever song concern and your constant claim I'm being some sort of snowflake or liberal whatever.


It shows who you are. Rather than simply taking in information and making a decision what you will do with it, you chose to lash out. "But! But! What about Chim Chim che-ree!" Like a spoiled child you want to make sure this new information isn't going to make your joy of singing musicals any harder, and when it was pointed out that it had nothing to do with your favorite musical, you doubled down on it with "of course it is nonsense vocalization"... Then if it was nonsense vocalization, why would anyone try taking it away from you?

You don't see how you turned a simple conversation on a word none of us knew used to be an ethnic slur into your "concern" over something you knew wasn't related.

Nowhere in this thread has anyone suggested you can't name your kid a French name, sing nonsense showtunes, name your kid Charlie, or call cheap people niggardly. It hasn't been suggested anywhere, so you are making up false scenarios which you then suddenly become concerned about. None of this conversation needed to happen. None of it. You created the problem where no problem existed, and have now whined about it for 2 pages while lashing out at me as a snowflake.

It tells me what it is that worries you, and demonstrates exactly what sort of person you are.

to be honest, I only heard the term "chiree" (pronounced: chie - ree) a few times in my youth, in the early 60's...mostly from relatives of a neighbor across the street...they lived in Lima, Ohio and visited L.A. a few times...they called my siblings and me that name while pulling the corners of their eyes towards their ears...kids being kids, who knows where they got the idea from...we actually got along well and played together each of the few summers they visited...

I also heard the term used in the old western series Bonanza, which featured Hop Sing, a Chinese cook who lived with the Cartwright clan...the term may've been used by a character while referring to Hop Sing's nationality...

not sure, but I think it's a mocking term, a bastardization of the word Chinese and intended to highlight the Chinese linguistic limitation...we famously are unable to pronounce the "r" sound...

many derogatory terms for asians are derivatives of the country of their origin: japs, nips (Nippon/Japan), flips (Filipino) ch!nks, ching chong chinamen (I heard this the most in my youth)...

Maybe if we stopped naming kids Charlie, the sport of surfing would see a boon....everybody knows, Charlie don't surf...

I think I speak for everyone when I say we're glad you couldn't care less about this.

From earlier in the thread, skippy.



You claim I don't comprehend, but you spew so much filth that you can't even remember what you're arguing about.


And for the record, you can keep repeating it, hoping it becomes true, but I have not insulted the Chinese.
Perhaps you should look up that "reading comprehension" thingy.
Or not.
You're so hot and bothered right now it's downright hysterical.

...I think he drank a lot of bourbon. So maybe.

Tail... Point out where in this entire thread I said you have insulted the Chinese?

Reading comprehension. It's not just for high school.

There's whatever you want, big boy.

It moved.

Reread your posts.
I already pointed it out. You remind me exactly of jr high kids who find out there's a word that sounds a lot like a word they shouldn't say, and suddenly is interested in it. If this were jr high, you'd suddenly start singing mary poppins around anyone chinese.

But no. You're not insulting them. You're just really into musicals. It's their own fault if they take offense.

That's fine. That's clearly the end goal you are aiming for with your sudden interest in mary poppins. And as I said, I don't care if you want to do that. You clearly telegraph your decision, and point out exactly what sort of person you are.

If you have any other reason for your statements, feel free to point it out.

But again. No one in this thread gave mary poppins any thought but you. No one told you you couldn't sing that song (but you were really concerned with being able to)... you created the situation. You created a false concern for the situation. You wanted to make sure we all knew that you knew it wasn't in any way related, but you still wanted to bring it up.

I think they should ban the Mary Poppins song "Chim Chim Cheree" ....
and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang should be banned, because it sounds like they're singing about explosive bowel movements, which could offend people with Crohn's Disease....

I also think they should ban Saturday Night Fever in it's entirety, but that's just mostly because I don't like Disco...

TW..!!