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Kaffir Lily is an offensive name
Sorry to inform you fella but that's "Veld Lily" now.
I'm not surprised that you still are using the highly offensive racist name for the plants. Ignorance is no excuse. Those who still use the offensive name should be informed not to and why. Its no different than using the "N word", Honkey. (Honkey is a malaprop term used to denote a "white person". The term is actually slang for Hungarian or more specifically used to describe a gypsy. The joke is that gypsies tend to be swarthy and not light skinned at all. Particularly humorous is that it was said by a "pimp" on the Chappell Show that the term was made popular by a man named George Jefferson (a character on a 70's TV show). That's an anachronism about a malaprop!!!) "David Hill" wrote in message ... Nice pic Wendy Here in the UK kaffir lily is the name given to Schizostylis, see http://www.floralimages.co.uk/pic1b4.htm It seems as if you also call Clivia miniata kaffir lily in the US,see http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/...25/clivia.html -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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