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blakjeezis

04-04-2003, 08:29 PM

When refering to Italians, what is the correct spelling? Now from what I understand the name comes from the buiilding of the Suez Canal, where Italian laborers were paid one Guinea per day. That seems that it would be g-u-i-n-e-a, but that seems so formal and not quite right for an epithet. Ginny, on the other hand, could easily be confused with a certain tasteless webmistress. Which way is correct?

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04-04-2003, 08:34 PM

I think its Ginnie or Gin-E

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Trojan_rabbit

04-04-2003, 08:42 PM

I can't stand for this. I hate when people use Neg. terms to about other races
You don't do these things. But to answer your Question it is Guinea.

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ADF

04-04-2003, 08:58 PM

can't stand for this. I hate when people use Neg. terms to about other races
You don't do these things.

So would you say that's a Tasteless Guinea?

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04-04-2003, 10:06 PM

I don't know why but that term seems like the weakest slur (if it is one) ever.

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The Chairman

04-05-2003, 12:29 AM

Italian laborers were paid one Guinea

The exchange rate is currently one guinea for three wops so I go with that spelling.

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TastelessGinny

04-05-2003, 01:40 AM

The proper spelling of that particular ethnic slur is Guinea.

My name, Ginny, is pronounced with a soft 'g' sound--like "jinny'. 'Ginny" is never pronounced with a hard 'G' sound, as is found in "Good," "guinea," or "Gack."

Ginny is short for Virginia, BTW.

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JerseyRich

04-05-2003, 12:23 PM

So are you Italian?

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phixion

04-05-2003, 01:45 PM

The exchange rate is currently one guinea for three wops so I go with that spelling.

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PanterA

04-05-2003, 02:04 PM

I preffer Dago, Grease Ball, or Guido.

I looked up the origin of this slang word and this is what I got:

Pronounced "gi-nee." Came from "Guinea Negro" and originally referred to any Black or any person of mixed ancestry. This dates back to the 1740's. By the 1890s it was being applied to Italians--almost certainly because they tend to have darker skin than Anglo-Saxons/Germans. By 1911 the term began being applied to Hispanics, although the reference to Italians is the most common. Derived from Sicilian immigrants who paid in Italian currency, Guineas.

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HordeKing1

04-05-2003, 10:19 PM

When refering to Italians, what is the correct spelling?

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tricia

04-05-2003, 11:19 PM

Ginny is short for Virginia, BTW.
i was about to say, my sister's name is virginia and she goes by ginny, she's hella white, blonde, blue eyse, definitely not itlaian.

incidentally, her middle name is mary which i find hilarious.

RapeFantasizer

04-06-2003, 03:12 AM

I'm as Italian as they come, and I always understood it to be Guinea.

The Chairman

04-06-2003, 07:21 AM

I'm also Italian. That made me feel OK to post on the slur. I had second thoughts about my original post, but edited it out because it would be like referring to a friend as "my Jewish friend" and not just "my friend." (Does anyone remember that commercial by the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints?)

In any case while we're at it, what's the proper spelling for eggplant? Moolie? Muligniane?

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tricia

04-06-2003, 12:45 PM

i always spelled eggplant aubergine

Wormwood

04-06-2003, 12:50 PM

now I'm starving.

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TheGameHHH

04-06-2003, 01:11 PM

In any case while we're at it, what's the proper spelling for eggplant? Moolie?
I always thought the short version was spelled Moulie.

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SuperClerk

04-06-2003, 01:20 PM

I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!

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04-06-2003, 01:25 PM

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The Chairman

04-06-2003, 04:23 PM

I hear the best chicken cacciatore is made from Guinea Hens.

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erole

04-06-2003, 04:33 PM

By the 1890s it was being applied to Italians--almost certainly because they tend to have darker skin than Anglo-Saxons/Germans.

Ahhh, so now its Niggea

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HordeKing1

04-06-2003, 11:32 PM

Anyone know why a guinea pig is referred to by that name? It was in South America well before New Guinea. In fact it was a staple of their diet! Ugggh!

That's why guinea pigs hide when they see a crock pot.

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Trojan_rabbit

04-07-2003, 09:50 AM

"my Jewish friend" and not just "my friend." (Does anyone remember that commercial by the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints?)

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BTW These Slurs are still Pissing Me off. I never post this much

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A.J.

04-14-2003, 10:23 AM

I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!

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SuperClerk

04-14-2003, 10:24 AM

Finally!!!!!! Thanks AJ!!!! ***WHEW***

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A.J.

04-14-2003, 10:29 AM

Prego. :)

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04-15-2003, 04:43 PM

A Guinea by any other name,
would still be a greasy.

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The Chairman

04-15-2003, 06:55 PM

So I just watched The Godfather (for like the 1000th time) on DVD with English subtitles on (I do this a lot) and I can tell you that the subtitles spell it "guinea."

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blakjeezis

04-15-2003, 07:25 PM

So I just watched The Godfather (for like the 1000th time) on DVD with English subtitles on (I do this a lot) and I can tell you that the subtitles spell it "guinea."

I'll take it. Aren't Scorsese, Pacino, and DeNiro the current ruling Guinea triumvirate? If they say it's that way, then that way it is.

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