On 1/29/2018 4:47 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 6:59:32 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 1/28/2018 1:47 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "jmcquown"Â* wrote in message ...
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>>> On 1/28/2018 12:14 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> "jmcquown"Â* wrote in message ...
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>>>> On 1/28/2018 7:57 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>> "Cindy Hamilton"Â* wrote in message
>>>>> ...
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>>>>> On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 1:14:30 PM UTC-5, casa sobre ruedas
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/27/2018 11:11 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I get the little guacamole cups from Costco.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah, urine specimen cups, used and repurposed.Â* 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Belize comes to mind here.Â* 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "nappy" is a racist slur.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's also British slang for "diaper".Â* Dates back to the 1920s.
>>>>> Nothing to do with hair.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
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>>>>> ==
>>>>>
>>>>> What does it mean in US?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The troll is trying to suggest it's about black people's hair.Â* I've
>>>> always heard and understood the term to mean dirty diapers.
>>>>
>>>> OB Avocados: nice to know they can be frozen when they are in season.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> Yes we callÂ* 'diapers' nappies. Not necessarily dirty though.
>>>
>>> Sorry, but nappies usually wind up being soiled, no?
>>>
>>> Jill
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>>> ==
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>>> Usually, but I would still call a pile of clean nappies ... er nappies
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>>>
>> So do I. It's the troll who is trying to turn this into some sort of
>> racial slur. Nappy is a diaper unless you live under a bridge and are a
>> nymshifting troll.
>>
>> Jill
>
> No, it's not. I've heard "nappy headed" for years. I have never heard
> any native-born American refer to diapers as "nappies".
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Same here.
And it's hard to forget the infamous Imus incident:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-fir...r-racial-slur/
Imus found himself at the center of a storm after he called members of
the Rutgers team "nappy-headed hos" last week. Protests ensued, and one
by one, numerous sponsors pulled their ads from Imus' show. On
Wednesday, MSNBC dropped its simulcast of the program.