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25th June 06, 07:40 PM
#27
 Originally Posted by MacWage
"There are Frogs in Paris!!" :rolleyes:
Ethnic and cultural nicknames/derogatory terms/self identifications OFTEN mutate over time and the implications of the terms RADICALLY differ from time to time and place to place.
I'll stop before I offend someone :rolleyes:
Some Atlanta Cracker, :rolleyes: (Also-an old, VERY GOOD, minor league baseball term in pre-Braves Georgia, USA)
MacWage, I don't know if you are aware that there was, in segregated days, another Atlanta minor-league them: the Atlanta Black Crackers!
Consider the use of "cracker" in current black slang…
(Courtesy of a friend who collects minor-league jerseys- he has the Atlanta Crackers, the Atlanta Black Crackers, and the Toledo Mud Hens among many others!)
I thought the "frog" pin was quite nice, Bill- I'll look forward both to seeing it and to meeting you at Grandfather.
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