ghetto (was: the debate about language)

["jillian tully" <waytogojane at hotmail_com>]

>no, you're right.  my students use it all the time.
>also, "bootleg" is bad.  "ghetto" is crass.  "off the
>chain," and anything rhyming with "eeze/eezey" is
>good.  things rhyming with "izzle" are coming into
>their own too :)
>
>it's fun to teach high school.

you know, "ghetto" is one of those words i've adopted as well. i'm pretty 
sure i picked it up from melissa on "the real world: new orleans". either 
way, i use that term a lot....in a non-prejudiced way. often i use it to 
describe myself (*ha*)

anyway, the neighbourhood i live in now is really close to the "other side 
of the tracks", and i go to the city (new york) quite often. i've noticed 
that my usage of that word to describe things that are dodgy or cheap goes 
waaaaaaaaay down. i'm afraid of offending those people, or having them think 
that i'm your average snobby white person, when i probably have more in 
common with them than they think.

anyway, i digress...

jillian.

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