[ebooktalk] Re: LANGUAGE QUESTION
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:14:12 +0100
Ho has spread, I think, into more general African American street talk and is
now a generally derogatory, certainly sexist term for a woman
or girlfriend used synonymously with bitch as in "My bitch". On 26 Jul 2013,
at 08:53, Elaine Harris (Rivendell) wrote:
> Pele,
>
> I haven't heard of the term Jodi, most unfortunate, but I gather "Ho" is
> another American name for a female prostitute; Chris told me this after
> watching and disparaging one of the more awful tell-all-type American talk
> shows.
>
> Elaine
>
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> On Behalf Of Pele West
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: LANGUAGE QUESTION
>
> Hi Everyone
>
> I did not know about Joe, but I have heard in some parts of America Jodi is
> a term for a female prostitute.
>
> My sister-in-law's sister is called Jodi and I don't think her American
> presbyterian parents were aware of this when they named her. Fortunately, I
> don't think the term is used in St Paul, where she lives.
>
> Pele
>
>
>
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