To: | "Freiburger, David" <David.Freiburger@primedia.com>, |
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Subject: | Re: Certificate of Performance. |
From: | Chris Harris <yesford@clear.net.nz> |
Date: | Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:24:41 +1200 |
A nappy to us colonial folks is a diaper. Chris Harris..........New Zealand. > 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. |
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