"graham" wrote in message news
On 2018-01-28 11:48 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "casa sobre ruedas" wrote in message news >
> On 1/28/2018 10:14 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
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>> On 1/28/2018 7:57 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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>>> On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 1:14:30 PM UTC-5, casa sobre ruedas
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>>>> On 1/27/2018 11:11 AM, Gary wrote:
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>>>> >> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>> >>> I get the little guacamole cups from Costco.
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>>>> >> Yeah, urine specimen cups, used and repurposed. And naturally you
>>>> >> don't care whose pubic hairs and nose pickings you ingest...WTF
>>>> is so
>>>> >> difficult about mashing an avocado... for all you know you're eating
>>>> >> the nappy poopings from Central America.
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>>>> > Belize comes to mind here.
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>>>> "nappy" is a racist slur.
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>>> It's also British slang for "diaper". Dates back to the 1920s.
>>> Nothing to do with hair.
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>>> Cindy Hamilton
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>>> What does it mean in US?
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>> The troll is trying to suggest it's about black people's hair. I've
>> always heard and understood the term to mean dirty diapers.
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>> OB Avocados: nice to know they can be frozen when they are in season.
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>> Jill
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>> Yes we call 'diapers' nappies. Not necessarily dirty though.
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> Brit slang vs. American slang.
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> https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...erm=Nappy+hair
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> Yes, someone said that) But our babies wear nappies on their bums))
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And AIUI, before the invention of "personal hygiene products", women
wore diapers.

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I have never heard of that. We always called them 'towels'.

Have we ever called them 'diapers'?