WOTY for 2007?

[Wilson Gray]

Doesn't that have to be conjoined with (-)head(ed) in order to sound
natural? "Nappy" outside  of a clear reference to hair is kinda, like,
uh-uh.

Whatchu mean, jelly-bean?
You heard what I said, nappy-head!

Yo' head is nappy
Who's yo' pappy?
You sho' some ugly chile!

Somebody teach that nappy-headed foo  how to cultivate his wig!

Well, I guess part of the point is that Imus didn't know / didn't care
WTF he was saying.

-Wilson

On 4/15/07, Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at ohio.edu> wrote:
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> In fact, she did say it, just a minute or so later.  But surely not an
> appropriate WOTY.
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> At 02:15 PM 4/15/2007, you wrote:
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> >Said by Donna Brazile on "This Week" this morning:  "the other
> >N-word", without actually saying it.
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> >Meaning, I assume, "nappy".
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> >Joel
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