Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:28:11 -0400
From: Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: a French faux pas
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

ronkean at juno.com wrote:

>  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'.

Or "welshing"?

--Ted White