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Article #127"-rigged"
From: Janet M. Swisher
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:16
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:16
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In article <1992Jul21.085953.8800@bsu-ucs.uucp> 00hfstahlke@bsu-ucs.uucp writes: > "jerry-rigged," >referring to the skill shown by WWI German soldiers (jerries) at mechanical >improvisation towards the end of the war. A friend who is a Native Texan grew up with the term "nigger-rigged", which has a similar folk-etymology to "jerry-rigged", that is, referring to the ingenuity of blacks folks with few resources. In this more enlightened age, my friend instead uses the term "African-American engineering". (I cite this for its linguistic interest -- no slur is intended against any African-Americans who are professional engineers.)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!news From: swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher) Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: "-rigged" Date: 22 Jul 1992 17:16:55 -0500 Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin Lines: 16 Message-ID: <l6rninINNt1v@boogie.cs.utexas.edu> References: <1992Jul21.085953.8800@bsu-ucs.uucp> NNTP-Posting-Host: boogie.cs.utexas.edu