Dave
I looked it up as well with the same results, there's enough problems
without up setting people. I think a cert is a good thing, but it has to be
more correctly worded for the Maxton LSR group. SCTA gives out performance
certs each year and they can be framed
with pride.
Glen
SCTA-BNI Timer (semi-retired)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Freiburger, David" <David.Freiburger@primedia.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>; "'drmayf'" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:01 AM
Subject: RE: Certificate of Performance.
> Curious. Here it is from the online dictionary of etymology. News to me.
>
> nappy (adj.)
> "downy," 1499, from nap (n.). Meaning "fuzzy, kinky," used in colloquial
> or
> derogatory ref. to the hair of black people, is from 1950.
>
>
>
>> ----------
>> From: drmayf
>> Reply To: drmayf
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 9:56 AM
>> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Certificate of Performance.
>>
>> Sorry guys, but there is one term in this that I, as well as others,
>> consider as racist terminology. And that is the use of the word "nappy".
>> I grew up in the south and I know what the word means to me. So let's
>> quit using it , ok?
>>
>> But other than that, really good certificate, just change "nappy" to
>> "sorry".
>>
>> mayf, the rednecked ignorant desert rat engineer in pahrump
>> :
>>
>> >Got you covered Turk!
>> >
>> >Certificate of Performance
>> >
>> >This certify's that ________________ dazzled the crap out of everybody
>> when
>> >they hauled their nappy ass ______ mph at Maxton on ______________
>> >
>> >
>> >This gives them bragging rights about said speed, even if it was only
>> _____
>> >mph and didn't even come close to breaking a record.
>> >
>> >
>> >What do you think?
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