From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1119 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Thursday, August 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1119 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #1118 [Mary Morris ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 07:46:33 -0700 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #1118 I don't know if that word, "fey" is used by "white people" or any other color, but I'm well aware of the word - for years. It's not common usage, for sure. In high school we had a very good & passionate teacher of English lit & learned of the word then. It's usage is pretty British & very old. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:38:55 -0400 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1118 > > > JMDL Digest Thursday, August 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1118 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Ofey [Clint Norwood ] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 07:35:42 -0700 (PDT) > From: Clint Norwood > Subject: Ofey > > Has anyone really noticed this great use of the word "fey" here. > > "I'm rich and I'm fey" > > That is a word not used much in the mainstream but I have to hand it to Joni. First for calling herself that because it takes a lot of guts to look at yourself squarely, and secondly because it is a word not used by white people. My dad who works in a place where 99% of people are black said he asked a friend of his if he'd ever heard of the word "fey" or "ofey." The guy wouldn't talk about it and walked away. > > Now I think of that word when I do contract work and some white executive says, "You seen the new strip mall down there? It has a Chipotle, a Starbucks, a Target and a Genghis Grill. It's great!!" > > Ofey. > > Joni was not the only black guy at the party but it seems that she tried really hard to see her own limited point of view for what it was. I appreciate that. > > - -Clint > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1118 > ****************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1119 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------