Date:  Sat, 29 Oct 1994 12:17:30 EDT

From:  Sonja Lanehart <R2SLL1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AKRONVM.BITNET>

Subject: Re: offending idiot



Concerning the use of offending words, Geneva Smitherman presents an

interesting and informative perspective on the use of "nigger" and

"nigga" in her new book, _Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood

to the Amen Corner_. 1994. Houghton Mifflin. She also has an entry on

the term "wigga" (literally, a white nigger--p.237).



Sonja Lanehart

University of Michigan

Department of English

Sonja.Lanehart[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]um.cc.umich.edu