Chop Chop (Phrase)

[+ Avalon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_chop_(phrase)

 

Do you think it is racist? I'm uncomfortable when I hear it.

[+ purplekow]

English incorporates foreign phrases into the language all the time. Nothing intrinsically racist about this, IMEO.

[+ GregM]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_chop_(phrase)

 

Do you think it is racist? I'm uncomfortable when I hear it.

 

Seriously?! Are you that bored to ponder such stupidity?

[+ Reisr30]

I don't find it's racist. It actually make me think of the show Chopped on the Food Network when I hear it

[+ sync]

I've heard it for years and perceived it to mean "on the double." One of the Asian bartenders at the Asian-owned Web bar in New York used it all the time.

[+ Avalon]

I've heard it for years and perceived it to mean "on the double." One of the Asian bartenders at the Asian-owned Web bar in New York used it all the time.

 

But I see it as a word an Asian can use but not by anyone outside the group. Gays have words and races have words that only members of that particular group can use but not by those outside the group.

[samhexum]

I never stopped to think about the phrase 'you're out of your cotton pickin' mind' until a few recent news items made me realize why it would be offensive to African Americans.

[mike carey]

But I see it as a word an Asian can use but not by anyone outside the group. Gays have words and races have words that only members of that particular group can use but not by those outside the group.

No, no, a thousand times no. It's not a racially charged word, it's an anglicised version of a Cantonese expression. It's not even associated with it etymological origins any more, it's now a fully assimilated English expression.

[+ Avalon]

No, no, a thousand times no. It's not a racially charged word, it's an anglicised version of a Cantonese expression. It's not even associated with it etymological origins any more, it's now a fully assimilated English expression.

 

Thanks! I stand corrected.

[mike carey]

Thanks! I stand corrected.

Regardless of anything else, if you are uncomfortable with the term, you're entitled to refrain from using it.

[+ Avalon]

Regardless of anything else, if you are uncomfortable with the term, you're entitled to refrain from using it.

 

Thanks! The phrase I sometimes use is

 

https://www.dict.cc/german-english/Mach+schnell.html

[wearytraveller]

Not racist at all. I don't think it's any more racist than using the word "pronto"

[RM]

I haven't heard anyone say chop chop in over 20 years.

[+ Avalon]

I haven't heard anyone say chop chop in over 20 years.

 

I've heard it used on the British soap opera "Coronation Street". That got me thinking about it.

[OneFinger]

I've heard it used on the British soap opera "Coronation Street". That got me thinking about it.

Sounds to me that you've got way too much time on your hands. Get a life and some back to reality.

[+ Avalon]

Sounds to me that you've got way too much time on your hands. Get a life and some back to reality.

 

Not possible. I am housebound. I go weeks without seeing, talking to another person.

[OneFinger]

Not possible. I am housebound. I go weeks without seeing, talking to another person.

Very sorry for your situation - I wasn't aware. My post was insensitive and harsh. I sincerely apologize.

[+ Avalon]

Very sorry for your situation - I wasn't aware. My post was insensitive and harsh. I sincerely apologize.

 

That's okay. Not a problem. Thanks!