Date:  Sat, 1 Nov 1997 10:19:23 -0600
From:  Thomas Creswell <creswell[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CROWN.NET>
Subject: Re: rat's ass, nigger, redneck,...

Monkmag wrote:
>
" And by Italian-Americans when they speak of other "dagos" and "______"
> (ah, the term escapes me now).... Perhaps folks out there can think of other
> examples of this tendency, say from Irish or Jews or Latinos.

How about "wops" or "wallios" to filll in the blank?

In Chicago, when I was growing up, it was common for Irish-Americans to
refer to other Irish-Americans as "turkeys." I do not find this sense of
_turkey_ recorded in any of the many dictionaries I have.