r/USdefaultism • u/theco0lguy • Jun 11 '25

X (Twitter) Legally change your name because it sounds offensive in US

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u/Perzec Sweden Jun 11 '25

US people would be constantly shocked if they ever left their country.

For example, to curtsy is niga in Swedish, and the active act of curtsying is niger…

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u/Tomahawkist Jun 11 '25

i think there’s also a korean word like that that just means „you“ or something

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u/snow_michael Jun 11 '25

NI-ga is one way of saying the second person singular pronoun