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Old Fri Jan 28, 2011, 09:37am
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Originally Posted by stiffler3492 View Post
I take it along the same lines as calling a Mexican guy a beaner or an Italian guy a greaseball.

Racially derogatory terms. The way I've heard "Patel" used, it's almost never in a nice way.
Maybe there is some hidden meaning to "Patel" that I am not aware of but I would not equate a name with a slur such as one of the ones above.

With apologies to Freddy, no need to be a plumber here.
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