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Thread #100788 Message #2025601
Posted By: Fergie
14-Apr-07 - 09:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'nappy headed hos' what does it mean?
Subject: BS: 'nappy headed hos' what does it mean?
I've been reading about this controversy concerning some US TV commentator and his dismissal for the use of this comment. Now it is often stated that that speakers of English on opposite sides of the Atlantic are divided by a common language, and I have to admit that I am semi-perplexed. In Ireland the term "nappy" is the equivalent of a "diaper" so I am confused by the use of this term by an American. Concerning the word "hos" I am presuming that this a phonetic spelling of some local/regional/ethnic way of pronouncing the word "whores". So help me what exactly DOES "nappy headed hos" actually mean or convey? Fergus