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Originally Posted by Daubs
Thats not just one person,
english, australian and pakistni commentators all refer to the team as the pakis when a game is on.
Its acceptable as they know its not used in abusive context.
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I watch cricket, and have NEVER heard that term being used....
Commentators have to follow rules, and if a term is politcally incorrect they CANNOT use it....so I have no idea about what you say.
Read this defintion:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=paki
Chiefly British Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person from Pakistan or neighboring countries or for the descendant of such a person.
- No porfessional person could ever use that, without facing the consequences...trust me - as the definition states, it is not used an abbreviated term but rather a disparaging term....
Now let's check up Aussie
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aussie
Informal
A native or inhabitant of Australia.
Point proven - can't believe I didn't think of doing this earlier