FourteenEyes [he/him] to videos • 2 years agoTolkien was so good at naming thingsexternal-linkmessage-square34 fedilinkarrow-up140file-text
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minus-squareWittyProfileName2 [she/her]hexbear2·2 years agoShort for Saesneg, the Welsh for English. Some English have decided it's a slur that means outsider, but it's just an informal way of calling someone English. link
minus-squareFlorn [they/them]hexbear2·2 years agoIf English people think it's a slur, that's even more reason to use it link
minus-squarehuf [he/him]hexbear2·2 years agothat's rich, given that the etymology of "welsh" is "stranger, foreigner"... link
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Short for Saesneg, the Welsh for English.
Some English have decided it's a slur that means outsider, but it's just an informal way of calling someone English.
If English people think it's a slur, that's even more reason to use it
that's rich, given that the etymology of "welsh" is "stranger, foreigner"...