I received an offline admonishment requesting me to please refrain from using the word �nordeast� to describe northeast Minneapolis. Once used as a insider term of endearment, it has since been used as a term to demean, according to the poster. This is news to me. It must be to the Star Tribune, too, which used the term �Nordeast� as recently as June 23, 2002. (Steve Brandt, take note.)
As a person with an eastern European�born parent and who grew up with plenty of neighbors who said �dese� and �dose,� nordeast isn�t an insult, but a tribute to a heritage that I treasure. While I appreciate the poster�s sincerity, I find it hard to just docilely say �okay.� So I am throwing open the question to the forum: does anyone else consider �nordeast� a derogatory term? If so, how did it transform from affectionate name to insult? I�m really curious. Susan Maricle formerly of Folwell now of Bruno, MN who still gets her taxes done at Myslajek and Co. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
