"Monday" as racial slur

[Michael Everson]

On 19 Jul 2012, at 18:01, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> Influenced by "Monday morning quarterback"?
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Michael Everson wrote:
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>> Influenced by Robinson Crusoe's man?
>
> None of these speculations seem to have anything to do with it.

Yes, but didn't you laugh? :-\

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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