[Ads-l] whiteman

[Barretts Mail]

> On 2 May 2017, at 11:55, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> “whiteman" without a space
> 
> 
> What does that mean? Is it the mirror--mage of "blackman" without a space?

I cannot understand what your question means, but what I am talking about is the open spelling of “white man” versus the closed spelling of “whiteman”. BB
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