OT stupid Welsh and Americans (was Re: Cirris 1000)

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sun Aug 1 18:12:38 2004

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 10:02 PM
> Subject: Re: OT stupid Welsh and Americans (was Re: Cirris 1000)
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>
> >
> > > On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
> > >> Should you persist , I shall have no hesitation in initiating the
> > >> use of the verb to " American " - i.e. to invade or destabilise a
> > >> foreign country on false premises or purely for the advancement of
> > >> American capital interests .
> >
> > Is that term applicable when the French do it?
> >
> > paul
> >
> Of course ,
>
> But our comrade Joe is using a purely perjorative term from the English
> colonial past.
> That is what I object to , given the English colonial past.
> e.g. Drug Runners - see under Chinese Opium Wars.
>
> Geoff.

>From www.wordorigins.org:

"Welch"

Welch is an archaic form of Welsh, one that pretty much survives
only in the sense meaning someone who does not fulfill a bet.
This usage dates to around 1857. The origin is obscure, but it
undoubtedly originated as an ethnic slur. The term may derive
from an old nursery rhyme that included the words "Taffy was a
Welshman, Taffy was a thief."

                                                - don
Received on Sun Aug 01 2004 - 18:12:38 BST