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Old 08-18-2005, 11:22 PM   #23 (permalink)
Vincentt
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Jew is short for Jewish. It could be as simple as that.

Jap is short for Japanese. Not sure if everyone knows that most Japanese find "jap" quite offensive.

But, I have never heard a Japanese call themselves "Jap". but I have heard Jewish call themselves "jew".
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