• Home
  • News
  • Entertainment
  • LAD Originals

To make sure you never miss out on your favourite NEW stories, we're happy to send you some reminders

Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications

Not now
OK
Advert
Advert
Advert

Pet Owner Confronted Over Dog's Name That Is 'Offensive' to Americans

Rebecca Shepherd

Published 
| Last updated 

Pet Owner Confronted Over Dog's Name That Is 'Offensive' to Americans

A dog owner has claimed that she was confronted by her sister's boyfriend over the name of her dog with him telling her that it was 'offensive' to American people.

The woman was meeting her sister's boyfriend for the first time and remembers how he seemed 'pretty surprised' when she told him the name of her American Akita.

Credit: Wiki Commons/Canarian
Credit: Wiki Commons/Canarian

It wasn't until the couple left that the woman got a call from her sister asking whether she'd consider changing the dog's name which she thought was a joke.

Advert

Upon realising that they were being serious, the woman says she 'told her to f*** off and tell him to grow up'.

You might be wondering what's the dogs name?! Well, it was (and still is by the sounds of things) Yankee.

Yankee's owner was asking others their views in an Am I The A***** (AITA) thread on Reddit where she explained that the following day, the pair turned up at her house to explain why the name was offensive.

Credit: Wiki Commons/Alden Chadwick
Credit: Wiki Commons/Alden Chadwick
Advert

She went on to tell people: "During this discussion he told me it was essentially a slur used against Americans, and asked if I would ever name a dog the n word. I just kind of laughed and told him he was off his nut. It's not that serious. You cant equate the word yankee to something like the n-word.

"I told him I wasn't going to change my dogs name - he knows it, it'd be a s*** ton of work. He's personal protection so it could even damage his work.

"They, thankfully, left, but still seemed pretty upset."

The woman then decided to speak to her American friends to make sure she 'wasn't being a p****' and they all agreed that he was 'being stupid'.

Advert

But she went on to say: "I know the US is huge and it might be more of a regional thing? So I'm still not sure. I am starting to feel kind of a******-ish for not taking him seriously when it may be a genuine issue for him.

"So, I come to Reddit. Two birds, one stone, I know a large amount of Americans frequent this subreddit. Am I am a******, and is this an issue in the states that I should apologise for?"

Credit: Wiki Commons
Credit: Wiki Commons

Responding to the dog owner, one person said: "NTA [Not the a******]. And your sister has managed to find the only American who thinks the term is offensive in any way."

Advert

Another agreed, adding: "NTA - I'm American; no one actually finds that offensive. He's probably just an entitled a******."

And a third said: "NTA. American here. I’ve never heard the word 'yankee' used as an insult," they went on: "Don’t change the name. You trained him with the name, it’s only this one dude who has some rather odd issue with it."

Featured Image Credit: Wiki Commons

Topics: Animals, Dogs

Rebecca Shepherd
More like this
Advert
Advert
Advert

Chosen for YouChosen for You

News

Terrifying audio resurfaces from inside the space capsule during the Apollo 1 disaster

13 hours ago

Most Read StoriesMost Read

Peter Kay is planning for Phoenix Nights Christmas special and he wants a movie to be made

19 hours ago