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Q: Why are Chinese so obsessed with the word "Neiga"?

Isn't it somehow offensive?

9 years 32 weeks ago in  Culture - China

 
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Yes, especially if you have brown skin! 

 

It's not offensive to me, 'cause my cat was white!

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"Neiga" as nigga??

or "Neiga" (Pin Yin) as some kind of a chinese gap filler like "umm..errr...well..."??

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Also "that"....

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It's like "shen me" or "tue ba" : common words for every day conversation, on the phone for instance.

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double post

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learn the lingo and you will find a lot more t be offended by than Neiga no

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Don't feed the trolls guys. 

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Hahaha..I figured that out after about a week that it was used as an interjection. At first I thought: "These m*therf**kers trying to be funny and slide it by me" haha..and now honestly I say it all the time not realizing. It's so scary to me how I speak and think in Chinese and consciously don't know that i'm doing it until after it happens. China is messing with my head..i'll never be the same again... :(

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don't worry, you're still my na ge... friend!

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Hahahaha! I appreciate that!

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I'm more of a whigga so can' say I've notice. yo

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you're my na ge... peng you.

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Yo! Relax my "Neiga"! It's all good! Dat's just their conversation filler, ya know? Like paralanguage! Look it up if you can an doan be trippin'! Aight?

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There  is nothing offensive  here!  

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