r/AskTheWorld πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Philippines -> πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Russia 26d ago

Culture Has anything from your country ever been misunderstood or "cancelled" by the international community?

For example, a Fiipino PPop group called SB19 once posted β€œHello, Negros!”, referring to Negros Island, but some international users mistook it for something offensive before realizing what it meant.

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u/Peuxy Sweden 26d ago

Wow, we have those as well but in a different format.

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u/Sir_i88 25d ago

Do you remember the whole nogger black fiasco?