Japanese iris
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- Subject: Japanese iris
- From: J*@rain-garden.com (John)
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 19:50:48 -0600 (MDT)
>Is it too much to ask serious lovers of iris to use the word Japanese
>instead of "Jap"?
>
>If you were speaking of Hispanic iris would you say "spic"? If African
>would you say "nigger"? To many people, certainly to Japanese, "jap" is in
>the same category. If you are too lazy to spell out the word, JA is
>understood and inoffensive.
>
>For the record, I am a veteran of WW II. What's your excuse?
Personaly, I partial to coon-ass iris and still have many relatives in that
part of the world.
John
John
Rain Garden Corp.
http://www.rain-garden.com
