• CriticalResist8A
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    3 years ago

    We should make a community called “It’s spelled Uyghur” lmao

    Alternatively I have been unable to find a single correct pronunciation of their name in English, even from “how to pronounce” type videos. Incredible. And apparently since the John Oliver video there’s been a conspiracy theory that English speakers say “wiggers” because of how the Chinese (Mandarin speakers, i.e. Han Chinese in this conspiracy) say Wei Wu er. But this all falls apart because in French, people ~correctly say their name as ooy-ghoor due to the way it’s spelled. Once again Amerikans are blaming their short-comings on the Asiatic hordes. Edit: and also if you listen to people say Wei Wu er it sounds nothing like “wigger”, at all.

  • Makan
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    3 years ago

    Why does nobody talk about the Uyghurs?

    Besides, you know, the mainstream media and pundits? Or the general discourse on the Internet whenever China is brought up?