> > > > My brother wrote all that. I didn't want him to
> > > > put the Japaneese thing in, but he did anyways.
> > > > My brother and I are both very much aware that
> > > > the Japs haven't done that since WWII.
> > >
> > > I don't get this.
> > >
> > > In this paragraph you defend yourself about some apparently bigoted and certainly inflammatory remarks you made, pointing out that you don't agree with them, you know them not to be true, and indeed you were not the one who put the comments into the post in the first place. This is understandable. I can accept it.
> > >
> > > Why, then, when you're obviously making an effort to show people that you don't think wrongly of the Japanese, do you refer to them as "the Japs"?
> > >
> > > -Eric Sleator
> > > Fri 5 Jul A.D. 2002
> >
> > Because I wasn't sure if it was spelled 'Japenese' or 'Japeneese'. Japs is another way to call them, and its easier to type.
>
> It's derogatory, and you might want to know that so you don't get beaten up for using the term. The dean of the library at my university was demoted for using the phrase in a speech.
>
> Ellmyruh

In a formal occasion, I would not have used 'Japs'. I wasn't sure how it was spelled and that was the next best thing.