Date:  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 21:54:39 -0500
From:  Evan Morris <words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WORD-DETECTIVE.COM>
Subject: Re: PC Dictionaries?

At 01:31 PM 10/28/97 -0500, CARRIE SUSANN ADDINGTON wrote:

>On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Evan Morris wrote:
>
>  I am personally outraged by the fact that a stereotypical label has
>been placed in a dictionary as a meaningful word. Does white trash
>exist in the dictionary?--same thing! I hate racism adn the fact that it
>exists but to put it in the dictionary as a word.No! It is a damn
>stereotype. Does anyone agree? Is anyone else upset with this?
>Carrie

Carrie -- Please be careful where you put the insertion point when you
begin typing a response in this group. These are your sentiments, not
mine, and although a careful reading will detect that I actually only
reposted the NAACP press release to which you apparently refer, a cursory
glance by a reader would not. My own initial cursory glance damn near gave
me a heart attack.


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Evan Morris
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