Rock & Roll and Language (was: 70s crap)

[the Robot Vegetable]

On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Robert King wrote:

> Uh, I don't know where the original writer was posting from, but here in
> Florida the word Cracker is generally considered a term of pride among the
> longtime white residents, not an insult. Our own U.S. Sen. Bob Graham went
> around calling himself a "Graham Cracker" a few years ago. Our governor,
> who says cryptic things like "The old he-coon walks before the break of
> dawn" during campaign debates, has bragged that he's bilingual because he
> "speak(s) Cracker."

	And, for what it's worth, I am a Georgia Cracker.

	veg