Didn’t y’all read? Instead of “the French”, a more appropriate term they recommend is “people with mental illnesses”.
/s for the humor impaired
145 1 Reply"People with French"
43 0 ReplyHumor impaired? You mean like "the Germans" ?
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Updated tweet is "the Fr*nch"
69 2 ReplyPeople of French persuasion.
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We apologize for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked. We apologize again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked. The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked. The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.
55 0 ReplyThank you! I was going to see that
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Victims of Frencheness
54 0 ReplyVictims implies vulnerability. We now prefer people with a condition of being French.
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I mostly use "The French" in a dehumanising manner. Which is a good thing, because a chess opening should not be humanised.
50 0 ReplyAre you telling me that my love of the Caro Kann is inhuman?
9 0 ReplyLove is a human emotion, so the Caro Kann will never love you. Hope you recover from this loss.
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46 0 ReplyMmmAaaahhhhhhhh thfrnchh....
11 0 ReplyWas looking for this.
Well done. Just like Orson.
4 0 Reply"There's no money that's worth this!"
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The Folks at The AP are The Silly.
25 0 ReplyFrench-Identifying People, please
24 0 ReplyAhh yes I heard the correct term is ‘ze freench’
25 1 Reply"College-educated" isn't a slur either
16 0 ReplyThe tweet is referring to saying "The [group] are xyz" instead of saying "[group] people are xyz"
6 1 ReplyBoth versions have the same meaning to me. Sometimes I think we change things just to feel like we're doing something.
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Their preferred pronouns are ils/lui/leur, and they prefer to be called Les Français.
14 0 ReplyI finally understand the expression, "Pardon my French."
13 0 ReplyDude, "The French" is not the preferred nomenclature...
8 0 ReplyHow Interpreted this:
"Complaints have been received regarding an poorly thought out inclusion to our examples of dehumanizing terms. We apologize and will no longer consider that term dehumanizing."
8 0 ReplyThats fkn funny
8 1 ReplyIt should be Le Français.
6 0 ReplyThe use of "the French" in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and should have been "the Fr*nch 🤢."
9 3 ReplyFrench is offensive? Then how the fuck am I supposed to refer to Belgians?
6 1 ReplyFrench people didn't want to be lumped in with the other groups - thereby being offensive
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