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Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 22, 1999, 0:37
John Cowan wrote:
> Rather old-fashioned, and probably not derogatory.
I've always considered Limey to be mildly derogatory.
> The usual non-derogatory term is "Brit", of course.
I've also usually considered that mildly derogatory. -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor