18 Dec
2001
18 Dec
'01
11:09 a.m.
Chris - Now,
I'm a honkey (now what's the origin of that?)
just like you...
The first time I heard the term "honkey" was on "The Jeffersons"... a
favorite *classic* tv show... :) 
18 Dec
18 Dec
12:10 p.m.
honky has been around for a long time - my dad was a Chicago cop since '55
and even when I was little (4 or 5) I've heard him telling "war stories" of
encounters with the people on his beat where they referred to white folks as
"honkies".
"hood" is a newer term, but I remember hearing ofay and otay on episodes of
the Little Rascals, from back in the 30's...
"cracker" is a southern version of "honky", never heard it until I
went to
texas for basic training.
How in the hell did this list get into racial slang anyway?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Douglas Quebbeman
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 11:10 AM
To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: Honkey
Then there's ofey/ofay...
Oh, yeah, down 'Bama way, I believe the term is
"frecklebelly".... why? Ever notice how bubba's
t-shirts sometimes wear so thin around the belly?
It's cognate to "redneck"...
-dq
Chris - Now,
I'm a honkey (now what's the origin of that?)
just like you...
The first time I heard the term "honkey" was on "The Jeffersons"...
a
favorite *classic* tv show... :) 
2:41 p.m.
New subject: OT: RE: Honkey
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote:
How in the hell did this list get into racial slang
anyway?
The same way it gets into cats, food, cars, guns, <insert other
inappropriate topic here>...
A lot of folks here need to get out more often.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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3:54 p.m.
I get out all the time but I still get sucked into these threads but it
helps lighten the norm and people seem to get along better during these OT
outbursts. Any other list would have the moderator stamping his/her feet and
throwing a "don't post that off-topic" tantrum.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Sellam Ismail
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:42 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: OT: RE: Honkey
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote:
How in the hell did this list get into racial slang
anyway?
The same way it gets into cats, food, cars, guns, <insert other
inappropriate topic here>...
A lot of folks here need to get out more often.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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19 Dec
19 Dec
8:32 a.m.
Russ Blakeman wrote:
"hood" is a newer term, but I remember hearing ofay and otay on episodes of
the Little Rascals, from back in the 30's...
O-tay? Maybe (someone trying to pronounce OK). Ofay is cussing and you probably
wouldn't have heard *that*.
"cracker" is a southern version of "honky", never heard it until I
went to
texas for basic training.
That's from "whip-cracker" back in the slave days...
9:50 p.m.
Step off man (yeah I her lots of "brutha talk") anyway "otay" is
buckwheat
saying "okay" as you mention, and I knew the meaning of ofay...as do I know
mofo, suka, etc. I used to get off the buss daily (at 8pm) for work in front
of the Cabrini-Green housing project in Chicago and when I had classes at
IIT it was in the heart of the ebonic section of Chicago. As I mentioned
earlier, I'm also the son of a Chicago cop that worked nothing but "bad
neighborhoods" as the other areas were too boring. I also went 4 yrs to JF
Kennedy HS in Chicago and it was probably 60/40 white/black then and we had
plenty of riots too. Made the movie "teachers" with Nick Nolte about JFK HS
in NYC look tame.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of charles hobbs
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 8:33 AM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Honkey
Russ Blakeman wrote:
"hood" is a newer term, but I remember hearing ofay and otay on episodes
of
the Little Rascals, from back in the 30's...
O-tay? Maybe (someone trying to pronounce OK). Ofay is cussing and you
probably
wouldn't have heard *that*.
"cracker" is a southern version of "honky", never heard it until I
went to
texas for basic training.
That's from "whip-cracker" back in the slave days...
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