WOTY for 2007?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Wilson,

I ain't so sure; member the blues singer Nappy Brown - not
Nappy-head(ed) Brown?

dInIs

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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.
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>Whatchu mean, jelly-bean?
>You heard what I said, nappy-head!
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>Yo' head is nappy
>Who's yo' pappy?
>You sho' some ugly chile!
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>Somebody teach that nappy-headed foo  how to cultivate his wig!
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>Well, I guess part of the point is that Imus didn't know / didn't care
>WTF he was saying.
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>-Wilson
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>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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