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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:03 pm
So I was out earlier and guess I missed a good flare up from what I've read in the posts. Is everything back to "normal" now, or is there any chance of someone getting Michelle to use the veto?
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Nana731
Member
07-06-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:10 pm
Did I hear that right?? Steven and several outside were talking about people picking up crawfish on the side of the road, if I heard right, he called them coon asses. I was startled when he said it.Something about all them coon asses picking their supper up out of the ditch.
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Jr9209
Member
07-14-2007
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:14 pm
Nana, thats what I thought he said too.
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Goldee25
Member
06-30-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:14 pm
I love Renny I hope she goes all the way. Sorry but Libra just rubs me the wrong way telling everyone who they can hang out with and talk to is so childish. She is too controlling for the BB house. She talks sh1t about everyone and hates on people for no reason. She is probably my least favorite HG of all time and that is saying a lot.....
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:15 pm
I didn't hear that at all, Nana.
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Nana731
Member
07-06-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:16 pm
Thanks JR. And they thought it was bad when he said colored girl? lol This was much worse.
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Goldee25
Member
06-30-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:17 pm
Coon ass is a New Orleans saying nothing meant to be derogatory from what I know about it.
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Cheeky00
Member
07-07-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:20 pm
Just watching this "two older people" argument lol. I look forward to BB when they cut to black and white after Libra's strenuous denials (screeeeeeem, I never said that....) and show her saying it a couple of times. I love it when BB does that :-)
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Nana731
Member
07-06-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:21 pm
I'm not positive, but I believe he was talking about in Texas, and there it would refer to blacks.
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Steviegirl
Member
07-07-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:22 pm
Nothing they say shocks me, there have been all kind of racial slurs tossed around in the house. Renny sang some racial song to Ollie (from the play Hair). I can't even count the number of Asian jokes or slurs that have been thrown around.
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Cheeky00
Member
07-07-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:23 pm
I'm not sure I like Renny or not, but she does have a good memory for conversations.
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Divine
Member
09-22-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:24 pm
Steven so far has made a few "questionable" comments about other races, so it's no shocker. I'l be glad when he's gone this week. I can't stand stuff like that.
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Goldee25
Member
06-30-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:25 pm
Nana I did not hear it but I know in New Orleans a lot of people refer to to other as Coon Ass. Maybe Renny could explain it more if she hears about it. I always thought is was like the word Cajun. I could be totally wrong but when I heard it, it was not directed to a black person.
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Divine
Member
09-22-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:27 pm
Goldee...I've always heard it as directed towards blacks.
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Txkaykay
Member
07-27-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:27 pm
Steven was talking about Louisiana
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:27 pm
Nana he was talking about some freeway between texas and new orleans.
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Nana731
Member
07-06-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:28 pm
I'm confused by your post Goldie. First you say, you did not hear it, then later you said, when you heard it, it was not directed to a black person. lol Take no offense, just thought it funny. Who knows what he was referring to? lol.
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Goldee25
Member
06-30-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:34 pm
I did not hear Steven say it but I have heard people in New Orleans use that word but they were not talking about black people. Like I said just like the word Cajun. It is a word used in New Orleans. Maybe someone can google it and see what comes up. I was just stating the meaning I have of it and it is not a racial slur. No offense taken Nana....
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:35 pm
Steven's crawfish story was in Louisiana along I-10. He said he'd been driving along and had seen cars stopped along the freeway and didn't know what was going on. On the radio they then began talking about some special weather condition that was causing the crawfish to come up and they were making their way to the highway. The cars were pulled over scooping up crawfish. Yes, he called them coonasses (it's not a derogatory term) and him and Renny laughed about how they were able to get them free instead of $2.19 a pound. ETA - The term coonass doesn't refer to a race. It's just a common term for Louisiana folk.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:35 pm
From Wikipedia: "Coonass, or Coon-ass, is an epithet used in reference to a person of Cajun ethnicity. Although some Cajuns use the word in regard to themselves, other Cajuns view the term as an ethnic slur against the Cajun people, especially when used by non-Cajuns. Socioeconomic factors appear to influence how Cajuns are likely to view the term: working-class Cajuns tend to regard the word "coonass" as a badge of ethnic pride; whereas middle- and upper-class Cajuns are more likely to regard the term as insulting or degrading, even when used by fellow Cajuns in reference to themselves."[1] Despite an effort by Cajun activists to stamp out the term, it can be found on T-shirts, hats, and bumper stickers throughout Acadiana, the 22-parish Cajun homeland in south Louisiana.[1
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Divine
Member
09-22-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:38 pm
You're right HL. I was thinking of just the first half of the word. Coonass means ignorant or something I think.
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Goldee25
Member
06-30-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:39 pm
Thank you for putting into context for us Hamsterlady. Different part of the country have different meaning to words so that is all I was saying. I was not defending Steven just stating what I knew from being someone that visits NO often. Only a few hours away love to go there.
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Nana731
Member
07-06-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Crawling back to my corner lol. Sorry if I interpretted the slang wrong. I just know what it means here.
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Kswheels
Member
06-30-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Renny obviously wasn't offended so I think we can let this one go.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 2:41 pm
There are tons of coonasses all over Eastern Texas and especially the Houston area. They love the term and so do we. It's actually an endearing term in this part of the country and nothing derogatory at all.
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