[crc32]

I can’t believe the reactionary comments to this.

Of course, we have no idea of the context. But if it was anything like the linked video - and it could have been worse - it’s perfectly understandable why students would be surprised and perhaps upset.

If you disagree, its worth asking yourself, what reaction would you expect if you were a chinese professor enunciating the word “cunt” during a lecture, with no prior warning?

[sudosteph]

That video IS the context. It's Covid era - everything is streamed. We are all watching the same thing the students saw.

And if a Chinese professor prefaced the use of that word with an explanation about that word's usage in another language, I would find that a very memorable educational experience. That's it. I don't need to be warned about a sound because a similar sound with a different meaning is used in negative ways.

[crc32]

> I don't need to be warned about a sound because a similar sound with a different meaning is used in negative ways.

Perhaps you don’t - that’s fine. But can you see why other people might need such a warning?

If you were teaching a foreign language word with a similar sound to “motherfucker” what reaction would you expect from your class of 18-21 year olds?

[cik2e]

I would expect them to use their brains and understand that this is a word in a foreign language that has a completely different meaning than the offensive word in their own. Is that too much to ask for?

[sudosteph]

No, I really can't see why. And like many other women in this world, I've actually experienced being called that word in a threatening way. Sound alone does not make a word scary. Context and intent matter.

As far as saying "motherfucker" - I'd expect chuckles from any students paying attention. Then class would continue. It's not like students haven't heard all of these words before.

[baby]

Do you get upset when you learn the word for "black" in spanish?

[Kephael]

Leftists are trying to change the Spanish language because all nouns are gendered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_Spanish

[baby]

this "leftists are doing that" bullshit is usually an extreme right way of dismissing everything

[Kephael]

I've just linked proof of this, what do you think the whole Latinx phenomena is? I'm not saying fluoride in the water is a Leftist conspiracy.

[baby]

Where does it say leftist in your "proof"?

[crc32]

No - I can’t remember when i learnt that; possibly because I’m English and due to geographical proximity.

I was surprised by the linked video though, it could have done with a prior warning in my opinion.

[baby]

I disagree, I think not acknowledging it is better, because there is no freaking relation with the word I'm not supposed to write