WOTY for 2007?

[Wilson Gray]

Damn, dInIs! Would you believe that we - the boyz in the old 'hood -
had nearly the same discussion, back "in my younger days," to quote
the title of an song? It turned out that his name was Napoleon Brown.
According to Lemuel, anyway.

-Wilson

On 4/16/07, Dennis R. Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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> Wilson,
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> I ain't so sure; member the blues singer Nappy Brown - not
> Nappy-head(ed) Brown?
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> 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.
> >
> >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".
> >>  >
> >>  >Joel
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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                                                      -Sam'l Clemens

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