Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits

On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 00:27:23 -0400  Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> Chiph wrote:
> +AD4APg- +AD4-  (Pickaninny is a +AF8-US+AF8- 'slave' word.)
> +AD4-
> +AD4-      Really? I never saw this word in any book or film...+AD4APg-
>
>         Well, that's progress and the younger generation for you+ACE-  People of
> my parents' generation (now in their 90s or more) used it with impunity.
> I've not heard it in years either, except from avowed racists or Southern
> Ladies who think it's +AF8-cute+AF8- (and who +AF8-still+AF8- think +ACI-nigra+ACI- is a polite
> form).
          Thank you mate.


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