Subject: Re: moorish temple
From: John Anderson <panic-AT-semiosix.com>
Date: 18 Oct 2002 18:31:28 +0200


On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 17:07, Old Goat wrote:
> From: John Anderson
> Subject: Re: moorish temple
> 
> > A curse on this racial "sensitivity". I've never heard anyone call anyone
> else a Moor. Except if they're in a Shakespeare play.
> 
> > It's about context. The speech act of calling a person a Moor is
> fundamentally different to the usage of "Moorish" as an adjective.  Sheesh >
> 
> Better to be a Moor than a Boor, di?

If you mean Boer, definitely. Moors get to listen to good music of an
evening. And boors, well, you get them in all colours.

bye
John