So I just learned that the Siame-Quashi, the elite Shadow Hunter fighting force of the Darkspear that fought against the Amani and Gurubashi in Cata have been renamed to the Atal-Mhuto.
According to a twitter post by a member of the Blizzard team, this change was made after fans informed the staff that the quashi has a pejorative meaning in Jamaican Patois. She also encourages people to let them know if they find anything else of the such, so more things could potentially be renamed.
Thought it interesting, so I decided to share.
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I’ll still call them Siam-Quashi and no one can stop me.
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Considering the definition of quashi, this is a good change.
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For others who are curious:
noun
Caribbean an unsophisticated or gullible male Black peasant
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/quashi
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I think it’s worse than that definition is letting on. I’ve seen it referred to as the r-word and n-word combined.
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Yeah, I can believe that; book definitions are often more sanitized than the colloquial usage.
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Wtf, I remember a thread about this like a week ago lol. They actually did this too?
Well, Thrall’s son (who features prominently in the Orc heritage armor quest) is named Durak, which in Russian means “fool” or “moron”. Maybe someone should tell that to Blizzard.
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Well he did say to my Death Knight at Kosh’harg that HE wanted to be a Death Knight so…
Atal makes sense. Not sure what Mhuto means though.
Devoted… ???
Mhuto was a pejorative in the movie “District 9.”
I’m boycotting WoW now. or something…
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there’s some problematic decorative wave symbols on the Zul’Gurub walls, about mid-height…
also, how did the Cathedral of Light get its name, exactly? who was the … architect … of it?
I love being reminded about political correctness in the video games I play to avoid such things, its really enjoyable to hear it about it non-stop.
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Wow they really screwed the pooch this time, they have no idea what Mhuto means in my language
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I cant wait to see the people upset over a name change of a people they didnt even know existed.
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I’ll post my tweet after I destroy this case of Bud Light.
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“DAE LE WOKE BROKE? HURRRR!! THIS WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER OF ALL TIME AND NOW WOW IS RUINED. I QUIT (not really)!”
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Ew.
By all means buy Bud Light to make a political statement but don’t actually DRINK the stuff 
Blizzard’s gone woke! Bowls of fruit! Body type 1! Ion Has-gonna-cost-us! Rabble rabble rabble
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That’s part of why I found the boycott so funny.
Like, I was already boycotting Bud Light because it’s not even good beer.
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Quashi is a rube. Silly change by a silly company.
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