Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 20, 1999, 21:52 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Also derogations based on (supposed) cultural properties:
> greaser, honky, yankee.
Ah, as in "Kraut" for German, from their supposed fondness for
Saurkraut, or Frog for Frenchmen
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