A MAJOR fashion chain has been forced to discontinue a cap after they were slammed using an "offensive slur".
Primark, in Glasgow city centre, was found to be stocking caps emblazoned with the word ‘hun’.
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A number of concerns were raised regarding the design with many suggesting that it could lead to sectarian abuse.
Dear Primark Glasgow: This is a very very bad idea. pic.twitter.com/JIQ49X0MTt
— aoife-grace moore. (@aoifegracemoore) January 19, 2018
One customer took to social media to complain about the decision to stock the item.
Aoife-Grace Moore wrote: "Dear Primark Glasgow: This is a very very bad idea."
The post has been shared over one thousand times with other Glaswegians debating whether it is problematic.
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One user wrote: "In Liverpool, every woman calls every other woman Hun. If this is a national thing it’s fine, if it’s Scottish thing it’s not."
Another added: "That made me laugh. Do you think they’ll sell many out at the Forge?"
A Primark spokesperson said: “The cap features the popular and widely-used contraction of the term of endearment, ‘honey’.
"Any offence caused by this is wholly unintentional and we apologise.
"We know we have a responsibility to be alert to cultural sensitivities and have therefore taken the cap off sale in our Scottish stores.”
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