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To: Enterprise

I’m very frustrated. I still don’t understand where the word nappy came from? I thought that was the Englishman’s way of saying diaper. What does it mean and why is it derogatory?
Funny Imus is fired over something half the world doesn’t understand. A pity the Americans don’t speak English.


71 posted on 04/12/2007 5:35:24 PM PDT by chitteryman (sick of pseudo- everything)
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To: chitteryman

Now you got me there. I don’t know where the actual word comes from.


84 posted on 04/12/2007 6:17:04 PM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: chitteryman

I used to coach some black girls, who ran from the rain, telling me it would make their hair “nappy”, or fuzzy and uncombable. They would drive 50 miles to a large city to go through very painful combouts and braiding.


120 posted on 04/12/2007 9:20:31 PM PDT by ntnychik
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