[notatoad]

tulalip? that had better be a codename.

[ayuvar]

It's probably codenamed after Tulalip Bay in Washington state.

[redthrowaway]

Yup. The only thing I know about Tulalip is there's a casino there with a really annoying jingle they play on ads in Vancouver.

[kevin_morrill]

Also a pretty sleazy Indian casino.

[pedalpete]

can we just call it a sleazy casino, and not let prejudice creep in because it's on native land.

[pbhjpbhj]

Flying total OT here but how is it prejudice to describe the place that way? "sleazy Indian casino" is obviously a personal opinion of an Indian casino; why does he have to give less information simply because he dislikes the casino?

If I say "sleazy American diner" is that prejudice too?

[goatforce5]

It's "a sleazy Indian (operated) casino" vs. "sleazy American (cuisine) diner".

The first is referencing the ethnicity of the casino's operators, the second is referencing the style of the diner and doesn't infer anything about the ethnicity of the owners.

[pbhjpbhj]

I see the sibling says "Indian" could be considered wrong.

However, again, with you post why is it wrong to say their ethnicity? Incidentally I was plugging for American as being an indicator of ethnicity; there's also a subset issue so for "sleazy American diner" read "sleazy Greek bar" (a bar in Greece, though it could be a bar run by a Greek I guess it doesn't seem to matter).

[allwein]

I think he's playing off the fact that some people consider the term "Indian" pejorative for Native Americans.

[kissickas]

Good thing it was accidentally published to the web; it would have been a strange press conference to be at if they actually used this name.

[slackerIII]

It is pronounced two-lay-lip, if that makes it seem less insane.

[portmanteaufu]

Boy does that help. I kept reading it as "Toola-lip," coupled with an involuntary tick.

[diogenescynic]

People are going to hate explaining that name to people.