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Old February 25th 04, 02:54 AM
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"Digger" sounds like how someone
would say the original name if they
had a touch of the sniffles...


"Digger" was an uncomplementary name for either dark-skinned or mixed race
folks in Australia, or at least it was in the past. Perhaps it was the local
equiv of "Sambo", who, when I was a kid, was a savvy and rather brave youg kid
that defeated a hungry pride of lions using only his wits. How that ever got
turned into a racial slur, I will never know!

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