End of ADS-L Digest - 23 Oct 1994 to 24 Oct 1994

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There are 33 messages totalling 939 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Offending idiot

 2. offending idiot (4)

 3. P.S. re Offending Idioms (4)

 4. offensiveness (2)

 5. Distribution of positive "anymore" (3)

 6. That word in the South (3)

 7. go/come with (4)

 8. Offensive Terms and Gender?

 9. thanks for stopping! (2)

 10. Distribution of positive "an

 11. 40-11

 12. Euphemisms

 13. Consistency of Usage

 14. Is "conservative" a slander word?

 15. Does conservative - country club?

 16. offending idioms (2)

 17. This needs listened to



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Date:  Mon, 24 Oct 1994 21:17:55 PDT

From:  John Baugh <John.Baugh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]STANFORD.BITNET>

Subject: Offending idiot



REPLY TO 10/24/94 19:22 FROM ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.BITNET "American Dialect Society": Re:

offending idiot



I wanted to thank Peter Patrick for elevating the discussion

regarding terms that are offfensive to African Americans.

Having lived in the North and South (East and West) I share his

concern that white Southerners not be equated with "racists."



Many white Southerners are among the most progressive people I have

ever met (several are active ADSers). Again, my gratitude to those

who have maintained the intellectual high road on this sensitive

topic. John Baugh







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