Japs and JAPs

[Limey Linda]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

[Hightower]

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]

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]

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