Re: OT: baloney and cheese

Tristan wrote:
>>> Apparently quite some time ago, Coon [makers of fine Australisn cheese
products] had an ad
> >>trying to convince people to say 'coon' instead of 'cheese' when people
> >>took your photo.
Which is odd on the face of it, since saying "coon" would hardly produce a
smile-like expression, which is the point of saying "cheese"......

> No, Coon refers to the brand. But it seems there's a third meaning of
> coon which I didn't know of. I was thinking of coon=offensive term
> relating to black people. Any annecdote regarding Coon cheese
> misunderstandings uses that definition of coon.
Yes, you're correct.  At least for people "of a certain age", as Joe
Fatula's reply suggests.  It may be a little passé, I haven't heard it in
years, but then I don't move in circles where it's likely to be used.
Perhaps still in the South.  Frequently paired with the adj. "jiggin' "-- a
ref to Black Folks' love of dancing???  It's every bit as pejorative as the
N word.