Racist abuse is more or less beyond the pale, especially "Paki", "coon", "wog" and "nigger"
Interestingly, while we do have some racial epithets that you just don't say EVER ("chink" and "abo" heading the list), "wog" is considered perfectly acceptable, for the most part. It tends to be seen as a fairly neutral term these days - on the same level as talking about "poms". The other three you listed are words that don't seem to be used in Australia at all - at least, not that I've ever heard.
"Bugger" varies hugely from area to area - a Geordie uses it as a term of endearment, while in some parts of the Home Counties it would be taken as obscene.
Heh. We had an ad a few years ago that consisted entirely of lots of people saying "bugger". I can't imagine how that would go down in the Home Counties...
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Interestingly, while we do have some racial epithets that you just don't say EVER ("chink" and "abo" heading the list), "wog" is considered perfectly acceptable, for the most part. It tends to be seen as a fairly neutral term these days - on the same level as talking about "poms".
The other three you listed are words that don't seem to be used in Australia at all - at least, not that I've ever heard.
"Bugger" varies hugely from area to area - a Geordie uses it as a term of endearment, while in some parts of the Home Counties it would be taken as obscene.
Heh. We had an ad a few years ago that consisted entirely of lots of people saying "bugger". I can't imagine how that would go down in the Home Counties...