From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1128 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 1128 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #1125 ["Stebbing, David E." Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #1125 Well, just to put too fine a point on it, Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has this: ofay n [origin unknown] (1925) usu disparaging : a white person And the Concise Oxford English Dictionary has this: ofay n. US informal (among black people) a derogatory term for a white person - -- ORIGIN 1920s: from au fait, in the sense "genteel". - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 12:55 PM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1125 JMDL Digest Thursday, August 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1125 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- Re: Ofey / ofay [Em ] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 09:52:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: Ofey / ofay I wonder if "ofay" (derogatory word for white person) is pig latin for "feo", which means ugly in Spanish. hmm... Em - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1125 ****************************** - ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - ------- ********************************************************************** U.S. Treasury Circular 230 Notice: Any tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (a) avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or by any other applicable tax authority; or (b) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matter addressed herein. We provide this disclosure on all outbound e-mails to assure compliance with new standards of professional practice, pursuant to which certain tax advice must satisfy requirements as to form and substance. ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ This electronic mail transmission may contain confidential or privileged information. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or disclosing it. ************************************************************************ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1128 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------