Honkey

From: charles hobbs <chobbs_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed Dec 19 08:32:39 2001

Russ Blakeman wrote:

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> "hood" is a newer term, but I remember hearing ofay and otay on episodes of
> the Little Rascals, from back in the 30's...

O-tay? Maybe (someone trying to pronounce OK). Ofay is cussing and you probably
wouldn't have heard *that*.

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> "cracker" is a southern version of "honky", never heard it until I went to
> texas for basic training.

That's from "whip-cracker" back in the slave days...
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