"fellow" = "A black man"

Charles C Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Wed Apr 6 12:16:11 UTC 2011


Isn't it the case that in the South, since the early-20th century at least, "fellow" has been more common in the sense of 'generic male' than in other regions, where "guy" is prevalent?

--Charlie

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