Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> I've always considered Limey to be mildly derogatory.
> I've also usually considered ["Brit"] mildly derogatory.
They certainly can be used in a derogatory manner, but I don't
think they are *inherently* derogatory as "nigger" and "spic"
are.  The first group needs context to be derogatory, whereas
the second group needs context *not* to be derogatory.

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John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban.