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[me_ves_y_sufres]

What is the etiquette when you believe you may have inadvertantly made an incredibly awkward and offensive homophobic slur to thousands of Americans reading a message board when you were actually just making a light-hearted reference to the traditional delicacy of your home town (faggots and peas)?

Comments

[jacinthsong]

Edit the post or make a follow-up saying just that, I guess! Possibly with a link to the wiki entry...

[necaris]

Yes. This. Most Americans can be made aware that other people don't share all our colloquialisms.

[sugar_and_space]

I tend to just roll with it and call them bloody colonials at every chance, and use 'bloody' and 'bugger' to amuse them.

[withiel]

Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke. These people eat "egg plant" ffs.

[toft_froggy]

Uh, make a correction post? Ouch.