The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98442   Message #1950037
Posted By: catspaw49
27-Jan-07 - 07:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: The term Afro American?
Subject: RE: BS: The term Afro American?
I notice that some folks are having a hard time with some of the terms based more on scan and flow than anything else. I think I have the answer here. What we need to do is evaluate which term referring to a specific group scans better or simply flows better and more easily off the tongue when combined with "fuckin'." Let's try it!

Which has the better flow?   That "fuckin' Italian American" OR "that fuckin' Dago?" Or does "that fuckin' Guinea" OR "that fuckin' Wop" trip more lightly off the tongue. Try them for yourself. And ask yourself which is the smoother scanner here, "that big fuckin' Irish American" OR "that big fuckin' Mick?" What about "that fuckin' German American" OR "that fuckin' Kraut?"

Personally, I think we need to put all of our ideas to the fuckin' test!

Spaw---Fuckin' Dago saddened by how slowly we change and how bigoted we still are.