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To: Mr. K

Use of cracker as derogatory is around 200 years old. Used in Scotland for braggart (an annoying noise), and in the US as short for corncracker (poor white farmer).

48 posted on 06/28/2013 7:05:40 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")

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To: jjotto

Jimmy Crack Corn?

71 posted on 06/28/2013 11:54:02 AM PDT by hummingbird (So many conspiracies. Not enough time.)

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