From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1122 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 1122 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: ofey ["David J. Phillips" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:01:30 +0200 From: "David J. Phillips" Subject: Re: ofey i know "fey" but I don't know "ofey" (though it sounds familiar). fey means twee, more or less. what does ofey mean? djp On 01/08/13 16:4633, Mary Morris wrote: > 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 #1122 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------