by 1Simmy on January 11th, 2007

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What do you think of the word Paki? Do you still see it as offensive?

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by Mini_kilt on January 11th, 2007
Yes, I do.

I said it in grade school once and my father punished me and explained to me that it was offensive to some people.

I have little respect for those that use the term.
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by sloth2008 on December 31st, 2007
no its easy for people to say that it is put its just slang for poeple from that area an sinse pakistan means sumthin like perfect counrty tecnicalt its callin them perfect
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  by Anon y mouse on January 25th, 2009
- a might be ill informed but how can u say that i am incorent buy sayin that paki is just slang and is not ofensive in my area ar you from county durham ?
  
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  by sloth2008 on February 17th, 2009
- I'm from the UK and know many Pakistanis and Indians. All of them consider the term offensive.
  
  "Paki is a word from a different age - one where it would be spat out just before an Asian received a swift Doc Marten boot to the head. It was more often heard in the phrase “go home, Paki” than “my Paki friend.”. It was intended to be a form of violence and intimidation towards immigrants who had come to these shores from the Indian subcontinent. It became, through its very use, racist.
  
  To put it politely, anyone who thinks that the word Paki is acceptable is unaware of this sordid history or unable to understand its significance. Put another way, if you think that it's all right to call someone a Paki you're ignorant or stupid. See how using words in a certain way can come across as insulting or cruel? That's the point. Words are powerful, and we should take care how we use them."
  
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  by Anon y mouse on February 17th, 2009
- Pakido consist on two words, first one is in national language of pakistan's urdu "pak". and the second word is from japnese "do" . Pak mean with no fault , or clean, and "do" mean way , . In pakistan pakido used for a martial arts system created by sensie jalil ahmed.
  
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by 1Simmy on January 11th, 2007
Why the hell am i getting marked down for this question?? Are people finding it offensive to just be reading the word paki on their screen?
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  by Theby on January 11th, 2009
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by dea_ex_machina on January 11th, 2009
Yes, it is offensive. But the issue you are raising is whether Prince Harry should have said it, and in his apology, which appears to have been written for him, it says that he did not say it with malice. So the question you must ask yourself is whether you say it with malice or as a friendly comment, so it seems! The other issue to consider is not whether I would consider it offensive, but whether the person being labelled should find it offensive. If it offends them, then do not use it.
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  by Rin on January 11th, 2009
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by claire on January 11th, 2009
Why is it offensive I was brought up using the phrase paki shop now I have to use the phrase corner shop yet some people find this offensive, why? I have pakistani friends one of my childhood friends was pakistani I have never meant this word to be racisit so why should we all be tarred with the same brush Im from Scotland omg call me a scot and I wont hall you backside to court for a racist remark there is so much more in the world to worry about !!!!!!
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- Whether you mean it to be offensive or not doesn't change the fact that it is a rascist, derogatory term.
  
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  by Anon y mouse on January 25th, 2009
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by FineBalance . on January 11th, 2007
Simmy, I hate to tell you, but you are asking too many question, but are not reading and rating the submitted answers. It is only fair to ask as many questions as you can handle and rate them fairly.

I think we owe it to the ppl those care to reply to our question and have responded to our quest.
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by kitty loves you on January 11th, 2007
Yes it is very offensive. (who is on your avatar by the way?)
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by anonymous on January 11th, 2007
Yes, course it is.
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by tigueron on January 11th, 2007
it is offensive
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by FineBalance . on January 11th, 2007
Yes, it is very racist and offensive to label someone.
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by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on January 25th, 2009
It is a derogatory term.
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by Masculinist on January 11th, 2009
Paki is short for Pakistan, those terrorists who are hidding top Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders including Bin Laden and exporting herion to Christian nations
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- People who don't have knowledge about a little things even they don't know whey God made them , so they work on these kind of questions and answers, Some one who think that pakis are terrorisst might he forget that pakistan is a neouclear power , if they are terririsst whay they are not using in minutes to finsih every thing??????????? it's big question some paki political leadrs claim that pakistan is nuclear power since 1982. So, what is hell they not using on india and the rest of world,
  
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by cami1211 on January 11th, 2007
Yes it is very offensive.
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by dingo on January 25th, 2009
Actually Paki is not just an abbreviation.
It is a slur initially used by British press in the 60s to segregate.
Also, used to describe and group all South Asian and South Asian "looking" Middle Easterners.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paki
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by Major Look at yerself on January 11th, 2009
I am not from Pakistan so I am not offended. It sounds very 1960's pig ignorant though.
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by Theby on January 11th, 2009
I find it really offensive as I do all "racist" names.
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by Anon y mouse on January 25th, 2009
It is offensive, whether one sees it that way or not.
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by dea_ex_machina on January 25th, 2009
It is an offensive term - but the context in which it, or any other derogatory terms is used will affect my understanding of it at the time. For example, I was talking to the man in the shop today, and he referred to himself as a Paki - should I be offended at that? or should I agree with him?
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by --paw43--is back for now on January 25th, 2009
If it offends Pakastanis then it is offensive!
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by Jalil_A on January 21st, 2011
Paki is from pakistan, as a short cut mean "belonging to pakistan".There is also a martial arts style from pakistan called pakido, but the founder of pakido martial arts add the word do from heeragana japnese calligraphy , he also mention the philosphical meaning of this art " way of clean heart warriors."
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by Lori K still ignores stalkers and trolls on January 25th, 2009
It's definitely a shortening of Pakistani, but I don't see what's particularly offensive about it or why it would be considered offensive. Today's society seems to shorten a lot of words and phrases in this way.
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