To: presidio9
\Squaw\, n. [Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua; Narragansett squ[^a]ws; Delaware ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female.] A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannupNewer definitions are listed as offensive, but the original seems pretty straight-forward...
4 posted on
04/17/2003 12:07:52 PM PDT by
trebb
To: trebb
"Nigger" was originally a term for a very dark shade of brown, or "off-black."
I doubt you could get away with it now. Heck, you can't even say "niggardly."
11 posted on
04/17/2003 12:19:15 PM PDT by
Illbay
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