To: WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:07:50 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: a French faux pas
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:38:52 -0400 (EDT) dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
writes:
>
>>   Do they also object to the term "Greek" meaning "member of a
>   college fraternity or sorority"?
>
>   =Tamar
>

Probably not, since that's not pejorative.  Also, that's an American
usage, so it probably did not appear in the French Larousse.  But I
wonder if the Welsh have heard about 'welching'.

Ron Kean

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