Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.

"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:
> The derogatory word for Italians is either 'wops' or 'Ities'
Hmm, we have "wop" (from "guapo", incidentally).  There's also "goomba",
something about pasta, "greaseball", and even "paisan" (ironically, the
opposite direction of the in-use of the n-word, mentioned earlier).

> Used here, of course, for all US citizens  :)
And here in the South for all non-Southerners, and in the rest of the US
for New-Englanders, hence my (Kansan) aunt's taking offense at me
jokingly calling her a Yank.  :-)

> And of course, in the anglophone world outside of Britain I believe I'm
> known as a 'Limey'  :)
Yeah, that and "Brit", or occasionally "bloody Brit".

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