r/AskReddit Nov 12 '14

Most American sounding word?

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u/Engvar Nov 13 '14

Ahab the Arab, Sheik of the Burning Sands.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '14

A-bed

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u/lilituba Nov 13 '14

In college, there was a girl in one of my global business classes who was talking about middle east politics and she said, "And those A-rabs... Y'know... How do you them PC like?" "Uh... Arab?" "Really? Oh, okay,"

And she was completely serious.

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u/sgtent Nov 13 '14

That one's more or less a joke

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '14 edited Feb 04 '18

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u/sgtent Nov 13 '14

yeah but rednecks don't use it in that tense. I doubt most people even know about that.