Re: OT: baloney and cheese

From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>
Subject: Re: OT: baloney and 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. (Raccoons don't exist in
> Australia, so they aren't called coons. Indeed, I don't think I've ever
> needed to mention racoons at all.)
>
> Tristan.
This sounds strange to me.  I've never found "coon" meaning anything other
than "raccoon".  From the way you're saying this, I guess that "coon"
meaning a black person is something said in America, but I've never heard
it.  I've lived in the north and in California, so perhaps it's something
used in the south.  (That's a whole different country anyways.)

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