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As Seen on TV
On 1/29/2018 6:25 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> 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:
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>> >>>> >> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> >>>> >>> I get the little guacamole cups from Costco.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> 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.
>> >>>
>> >>> 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.
>> >>
>> >> OB Avocados: nice to know they can be frozen when they are in season.
>> >>
>> >> Jill
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>> >> Yes we call 'diapers' nappies. Not necessarily dirty though.
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>> > 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.
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>> Jill
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> No, it's not.* I've heard "nappy headed" for years.* I have never heard
> any native-born American refer to diapers as "nappies".
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> Cindy Hamilton
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> I have never heard an American call them nappies either, but I sure have
> heard *nappy* used other ways.
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> Cheri
Right, like a contraction for a napkin or even a towlette.
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