Cracker
Paul Murphy
paul.murphy at utoronto.ca
Thu Jul 17 13:05:35 CDT 1997
On the heels of the discussion of the provenance and propriety of the term
'cracker', I thought I'd say that the multiple occurrence of the epithet
'frog' on the list yesterday made me cringe. I guess that in most parts of
the world, the term is as offensive as 'limey' or 'kraut', but where I come
from (Western Canada), the term is very definitely derogatory and often
used to express contempt and bigotry towards Canada's Francophone
population.
Just a concern I wanted to raise...
Cheers,
Paul
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