[meteorite-list] St. Paddy and Kaffir

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 18 Mar 2007 20:27:16 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000C100001869_at_paulinet.de>

Much like the word "kaffir" is, so I hear, a serious slur in some
parts of the world while it is just a plant name in the US ...

Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

"Disparaging and Offensive. (in South Africa) a black
person: originally used of the Xhosa people only"


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