News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Feeling like a pariah, even when you’re not.

Re:Feeling like a pariah, even when you’re not by hzay on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:50AM (#27184831)
It's funny how freely the word pariah is used in english. When I was a kid my parents used to tell me never ever to say that word, and that I might get arrested if I do. I never dug into this to find out why but that's a super taboo word in tamilnadu.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Feeling like a pariah, even when you’re not by cmrajan on Monday May 17, 2021 @01:12PM (#27185742)
Yes, but in english it's simply used to mean as outcast instead of all the social connotations that it carries from it's originating language Tamil.
[ Parent | on HN ]