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Re: Self-Use of Ethnic Insults (was: Re: Ebonic Christmas )

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Sunday, January 16, 2000, 15:28
At 18:18 +0100 15.1.2000, Raymond Brown wrote:
> >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@...> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ Anant' avanaute quettalmar! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ___ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarocco\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine__ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ I neer Pityancalimeo\ \_____/ /ar/ /_atar Mercasso naan ~~~~~~~~~Cuinondil~~~\_______/~~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda cuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)