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To: cripplecreek

“Damn Gingers”

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Do you know the origin of the term “gingers” for redheads?


6 posted on 09/17/2011 4:50:39 AM PDT by HighWheeler
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To: HighWheeler

I don’t know where it came from but I got it from South Park.


8 posted on 09/17/2011 5:00:42 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: HighWheeler

How about this -

In South Carolina, light skinned blacks especially those with freckles, are known as “gingercakes”.

Go figure.


16 posted on 09/17/2011 5:25:51 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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