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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 05:25:56 -0800, "Cheri" >
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>"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 ...
>> >
>> > On 1/28/2018 12:14 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "jmcquown"Â wrote in message ...
>> >>
>> >> On 1/28/2018 7:57 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> "Cindy Hamilton"Â wrote in message
>> >>> ...
>> >>>
>> >>> 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. 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. 
>> >>>> >
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "nappy" is a racist slur.
>> >>>
>> >>> It's also British slang for "diaper". Dates back to the 1920s.
>> >>> Nothing to do with hair.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cindy Hamilton
>> >>>
>> >>> ==
>> >>>
>> >>> What does it mean in US?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> 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
>> >> ==
>> >>
>> >> Yes we call 'diapers' nappies. Not necessarily dirty though.
>> >
>> > Sorry, but nappies usually wind up being soiled, no?
>> >
>> > Jill
>> >
>> > ==
>> >
>> > 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
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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".
>
>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.
>
>Cheri
You've never heard nappy as baby talk for taking a snooze (nappy
time), you've probably never had children. My cats have nappy
blankies.
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We talk about having a 'nap' which is a short sleep, but nothing to do with
'nappies'.