Date:  Mon, 6 May 1996 16:23:23 -0400

From:  "Bethany K. Dumas, U of Tennessee" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.UTK.EDU>

Subject: Re: Linguistic bio assignment



On Mon, 6 May 1996, Ronald Butters wrote:



> A question and a correction, Bethany:

>

> 1. What is the "Barney Fag" question? (I remember the "Barney Fag"

> incident--was it really two years ago?)



What I mean by the "question" is whether it is reasonable to claim that

"Barney Frank" can become "Barney Fag" as a simple slip of the tongue.



> 2. "American Tongues" did not stir up a fuss at all at Duke--and the

> scene with the word "nigger" uttered by a white man was not cut.



Thanks for the correction.



Bethany

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