My golliwog was called little black sambo (after the story) and because I liked the idea of eating one hundred and sixty-nine pancakes.

"How strongly must one reasonably identify with a culture to have everyone else watch every connotation of everything they say for fear of being labelled as someone who sees their race as superior."

Which is why I have decided to be an equal opportunity racist... and the only way to do that is to be misanthropic and to denigrate the whole human race.

A one stop shop.

Pity about the self-loathing involved.

otb: I am not offended. Just amused that anyone could be taken in by such an unlikely story and that some pretend familiarity with the word.

I didn't mean to offend you. The origin of the word is correct. It is not an unlikely story. I love history & the explanation is in either the Oxford "Origins of the English Language" or Cambridge "The English Language." in the North American English bit.

The meanings of words do get cycled & recycled over the years, as do objects, like the Golly W0g & Enid Blyton. Once Noddy was banned for sleeping with Big Ears, now its essential reading, apparently. Once Gay meant, happy & joyful, now, of course, it means, Homosexual.

Jayb,

I thought the series were banned because Noddy ... or was it Big Ears ... was feeling a little queer.

Do I hear a, "Do Gooder, Politically Correct White femi-Nazi sicko..."
"Arfing the background.

Yeesss, I do, I do see a wrascally Do Gooder, Politically Correct White femi-Nazi sicko..." in the background. ;-)

Dear Jayb.,

Words do have differnent meanings its true.
Some men think "monogamy" is something you make
dining room tables out of.

Lexi,

And some people think it means 'a hatred of women', even some men.

Love,

Joe