[General] What is the meaning of 'stat'?

[Olympian]

Thanks to all for your responses. I learned so many things from this one post.

@moderator - I apologize for going away from the main topic

@TheParser - Sorry to drag you away from the topic

@birdeen, thank you for your writeup about this in the Polish context. I was quite amazed to read it.

 

[BobK]

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For example (and it's not a random one; people talk about it a lot here), anti-semitism is a real issue in Poland. The Polish word for a Jew ("Żyd") is used by many people as a slur...

Aha ;-) - presumably the word's related to 'Yiddish' (the word; and 'yid' is quite a strong racial slur in Br Eng.)

b

 

[5jj]

Aha ;-) - presumably the word's related to 'Yiddish' (the word; and 'yid' is quite a strong racial slur in Br Eng.)

b

Though Yiddish is used neutrally when referring to the language.

 

[riquecohen]

Aha ;-) - presumably the word's related to 'Yiddish' (the word; and 'yid' is quite a strong racial slur in Br Eng.)

b

Yid, pronounced yid, is extremely offensive. On the other hand, Yid, pronounced yeed, is the Yiddish word for Jew.

 

[birdeen's call]

Aha ;-) - presumably the word's related to 'Yiddish' (the word; and 'yid' is quite a strong racial slur in Br Eng.)

b

Yes, it is related. It's a word of Semitic origin. And "Jew" is related to them both too. All can be derived from the name of Jacob's fourth son - Judah.

 

[BobK]

Yid, pronounced yid, is extremely offensive. On the other hand, Yid, pronounced yeed, is the Yiddish word for Jew.

Thanks - live and learn! (That's an observation, not a directive.)

b

 

[konungursvia]

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Olympian,


"Pronto" is a Spanish word. Today there are many Spanish-

speaking people in the United States. If you said this word

to a Spanish-speaking server (waiter/waitress), for example,

s/he would probably be very offended. Here in the States,

we must be very careful with our words.

********** NOT A TEACHER **********

It's also an Italian word, and I have always thought it comes from that language, meaning "ready now" in that type of context.

 

[riquecohen]

It's also an Italian word, and I have always thought it comes from that language, meaning "ready now" in that type of context.

It's the same in Portuguese.