Date:  Thu, 20 Oct 1994 09:32:04 -0600

From:  Larry Davis <DAVIS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WSUHUB.UC.TWSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: offending idioms



Those of you interested in this subject might take a look at McDavid's edition

of Mencken's THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE and Pederson's (1966) disseration on

Chicago English. Both contain a wealth of material on "terms of abuse" for

ethnic groups.