Next we're gonna have language lawyers condemning anyone using similar phrases like "run of the mill" and "garden variety".
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:32 PM, IngeGNUe <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/14/16 21:48, Derek Martin wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 01:33:09PM +0000, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > >> "Cotton pickin" is a racist term. > > > > No, it isn't. > > > > http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cotton-picking.html > > > > The existence of cotton picking jobs doesn't imply that English speakers > *must* have used "cotton-pickin" as an adjective beforehand (begging the > question, why must they?), but even if it wasn't racist before the slave > plantations, it is in today's context. Still, it says: "'cotton-picking' > originated in the southern states of the USA, where it is usually > pronounced cotton-pickin'", so there is little need to editorialize > (erase) its origins. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email: [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
