Re: Self-Use of Ethnic Insults (was: Re: Ebonic Christmas )
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 16, 2000, 14:18 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), which is the YWHA.
The first association I had at seeing that YWHA was YHWH!
> This was later clipped to "Hebe" by the theatrical magazine _Variety_,
> itself edited by Jews, but this term became one of the standard
> medium-strength derogatory terms.
Indeed, the only place I've ever heard "Hebe" is on the show All In The
Family, spoken by, of course, Archie Bunker.
> We TABs will attempt to avoid these terms.
TABs?
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