Ridiculous. Nothing but pure affection in that term. Great name for a great community. Nordeast - where everything swings. PC gone berserk.
Andy > From: Susan Maricle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:27:00 -0700 (PDT) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Nordeast: a derogatory term? > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
