On: Taffy: A flexible, high-performance, cross-platform UI layout library

[hereonout2]

An unfortunate name for certain audiences in the UK!

[no-name-here → hereonout2]

> an offensive word for someone who comes from Wales, or whose family comes from Wales

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/taffy

[mrec → hereonout2]

Not that unfortunate:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/theres-still-m...

[nicoburns → hereonout2]

Why is that?

[shellac → nicoburns]

The river Taff flows through Cardiff, and 'taffy' was used as a derogatory term for Welsh people from this origin.

I can't pretend I've heard anyone use it since the 80s.

[conradludgate → shellac]

I'm in my late twenties, grew up in the south west. This is my first time hearing about this term