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Thread #98442   Message #1953823
Posted By: GUEST,crazy little woman
31-Jan-07 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: The term Afro American?
Subject: RE: BS: The term Afro American?
McGrath, about the six syllable labels you mentioned. They are not what I would call "common parlance." Yes, if A and B are talking, and one is an Episcopalian, then the word will be used. But I just had a chat with an Episcopalian friend about her church, and the E word never came up at all.

Ride the bus, walk the aisles of a supermarket, sit in a restaurant and listen to people, and you will hear very few five or six syllable words. I'm sure that even four syllables are rare.

Gotta run - it's time to wave the guac.