Re: Self-Use of Ethnic Insults (was: Re: Ebonic Christmas )
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> | 
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| Date: | Sunday, January 16, 2000, 15:28 | 
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At 18:18 +0100 15.1.2000, Raymond Brown wrote:
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>As you well know, 'swede' has a very positive meaning - mashed swedes are
>delicious and, along with malt whiskey, an almost necessary accompianment
>to haggis (which is also delicious  :)
I absolutely detest the prospect of getting mashed and eaten if I visit
Britain!  But then there are vegetable swedes... :-)
/BP
 B.Philip Jonsson  <mailto: bpj@...> <mailto: melroch@...>
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