Re: OT: terms for people with different hair colours

--- On Mon, 10/20/08, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> wrote:

> > Also (American English):
> [...]
> > red head - carrot top, copper top, ginger kid
>
> How common are the variants of 'ginger' in American English? I had never
> heard them until South Park did an episode on ginger kids a few years
> ago, and since then I've noticed they're used fairly commonly in British
> comedy shows.
I'm not sure. My granddaughter is a teen redhead, and I hear the term a lot around
her friends. I simply assumed it was widely distributed. I may be completely
wrong about that.

--gary