YOURSAY | Words matter - the debate over ‘keling’

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YOURSAY | ‘The ‘others’ should refrain from using it since it's offensive to a certain community.’Activist decries derogatory definition for 'Tambi' in online dictionaryThe Wakandan: In the United States, the ‘n’ word is taboo, but in Latin America, it can be used as an endearing term. Ultimately, the speaker of the word decides its intention, not the listener. The ‘k’ word would be perfectly innocuous if the speaker simply meant that as ‘Indian’. The intention of the word is more important rather than its usage.Regarding terms for different races in different languages, a Sarawakian once narrated this:He said, in Sarawak, the Chinese called the Ibans "la khia", translated as "son of the savage". The Malays called them Dayaks, translated as "foolish native or country bumpkin". On the other hand, the Ibans called the Chinese "Cina t…