N-word Hill, Calif.

[Robin Hamilton]

> A GB check shows that the town was referred to almost from the beginning
> as
> both "Negro Hill" and "Nigger Hill," though "Negro Hill" does seem to have
> primacy.

I've heard Coon Rapids, Minnesota referred to as "Colored Gentleman
Rapids."  I don't know if that was the speaker's coinage, or something
more common.
--
Dan Goodman
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Reminds (for some reason) of the [Punch?] joke -- the Buck Palace Buttle
ushering in four persons to interview Queen Vik, with the words:

        "Three reporters, and a gentleman from The Times, Ma'am."

Robin

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