On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:19:25 EST RonButters at AOL.COM writes: > Yes, INJUN has indeed a long history as a slur. I'd say that INJUN : > INDIAN = > NIGGER : NEGRO Might it be more like Nigra:Negro, i.e., a non-pejorative (given the contingencies of time and place) dialect difference?