Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Senator says he's sorry for "macaca" comment
The Seattle Times: Politics: Senator says he's sorry for "macaca" comment
Shows what I know.
I (1) would never call someone "macaca," but (2) never knew "macaca" was a slur-ish word. Shows what I know.
During the couple years or so we lived in Belém, the maid or cook would sometimes refer to one or more of us kids as "doido macaca."
"Doido macaca" == "crazy monkey" and that we were, that we were, sometimes, on occasion.
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Shows what I know.
I (1) would never call someone "macaca," but (2) never knew "macaca" was a slur-ish word. Shows what I know.
During the couple years or so we lived in Belém, the maid or cook would sometimes refer to one or more of us kids as "doido macaca."
"Doido macaca" == "crazy monkey" and that we were, that we were, sometimes, on occasion.
posted by Sal Towse at 9:42 AM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
