So here's this thread

[conuly]

In which this teacher earnestly wants a word to substitute for "chink" in Midsummer Night's Dream, and one person suggests kink which doesn't mean the same thing.

And on the one hand, I'm sure they all have their hearts in the right place, but on the other hand, maybe they should collectively teach a different play instead. Shakespeare wrote plenty of comedies, just pick a different one off the shelf.

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[jack]

And people suggesting "just" changing it to another word which doesn't rhyme! That might work, but it didn't feel like an obvious suggestion.

And I was surprised to realise that there might be people for whom the slur is the main or only meaning they know, but I realise, I've no real way of knowing if that's a tiny fraction of people or a majority of people.

[adrian_turtle]

They're talking about 13-year-olds, who work from a more limited perspective and knowledge base than adults.