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Does Wallace use an anti-Semitic slur in this?

posted 19 years ago by edbermac
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Watching the tape I have, after the robbery the penguin locks Wallace in the closet and starts to put the diamond in a bag. I hear Wallace shout "I'll give you what-for, you *beep*

Did I mishear this?

EDIT: I got beeped!? Wallace used the word KITE. Change the T to a K.

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[–] Duncan106 18 years ago

He says Tike, not KITE (t replaced by k).

[–] crofty1984 18 years ago

yeah, he says tyke. don't know if that's a word in the us but it is here in blighty and it's pretty harmless.

[–] cinetics 18 years ago

Anti-semitism isn't common atall in the UK.

[–] RaoGBIV 18 years ago

In the US, tyke (or tike) means the same thing as "toddler," a child of about 2-4 years old.

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[–] bluekat0 18 years ago

C'mon silly, they said TYKE (kid) not *beep* Don't get over excited ....Walllace is so awesome, don't slur him like that. It's one of the only fabulous kid friendly movies around.
Not anti-semetic at all.

[–] bluekat0 18 years ago

whoa ,,,,they changed my word of kyke (which was only in response to another poster, not to my own views) to *bleep*.
Wow!
sorry, I didn't mean it
I'm just a happy Wallace and Grommet lover..sheesh!

[–] stupid_fresh 18 years ago

A tike/tyke is a 'scamp', or 'tearaway', i.e. a mischievious youngster.

[–] BoultersCanary 18 years ago

Tyke is also a term for a Yorkshireman. And, as Wallace is a Lancastrian...............

"Woof. In tones of low menace"

[–] davidknight24 18 years ago

no, it must have been misherd - it would have been banned if it was racist

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