white trash [was: "stilted"]

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/7/2007 09:48 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 9:28 AM -0500 3/7/07, Charles Doyle wrote:
>>Being proud of my heritage, I insist that the w.t.-word be banned by law!
>>
>>--Charlie
>
>Or at least ameliorated to "recyclables of non-color"

In my town, "trash" is "*non*-recyclables".  (The recyclables are
paper -- of any race, glass, metal.)

Joel

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