WOTY for 2007?

[Clai Rice]

There's a hiphop group out of Kentucky called "Nappy Roots" that worked
on the soundtrack for the movie The Ladykillers. Their album Watermelon,
Chicken, and Gritz features such gems as "Awnaw" and "Sholiz."
Entertaining.

--Clai Rice

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilson Gray [mailto:hwgray at GMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: WOTY for 2007?
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> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > >Meaning, I assume, "nappy".
> > >
> > >Joel
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