Re: Weekly vocab revival?

Roger Mills wrote:
>
> 7. napkin
> The [ethnic slur of your choice] people eat with their
> fingers and do not use napkins.

Doesn't "napkin" normally mean "diaper" in the U.K.?

(and is usually shortened to "nappie"? There used to
be a radio commercial here in USA in which Napoleon's
wife calls him "Nappie." I doubt many Americans got
that joke.)

--Ph. D.

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