Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.

On Thu, 20 May 1999, John Cowan wrote:

> Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Also,
> > where does "Spick" for Hispanic come from?
>
> It's a shortened form of older "spigotty", but where that comes
> from nobody knows.
No espicoty ingis.

>
> --
> John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
>         You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
>         You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
>                 Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
>