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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread PC or not to PC #104103 05/23/2003 12:24 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 When a fast food chain went broke because name "Sambo" was widely judged a racial slur, how can "mumbo-jumbo" be less than doubly un-PC? It did Sambo's little good to point out that "Little Black Sambo" was Indian, not African. Which reminds me: How many of us put "ghee" on our pancakes? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted PC or not to PC wwh 05/23/2003 12:24 PM Re: PC or not to PC wwh 05/23/2003 12:44 PM Re: PC or not to PC Capfka 05/24/2003 1:07 PM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 05/24/2003 2:18 PM Re: PC or not to PC wwh 05/24/2003 4:38 PM Re: PC or not to PC Wordwind 05/24/2003 9:05 PM Re: PC or not to PC WhitmanO'Neill 05/25/2003 1:31 AM Re: PC or not to PC Capfka 05/25/2003 4:40 AM Re: PC or not to PC Buffalo Shrdlu 05/25/2003 10:08 AM Re: PC or not to PC alexis 06/11/2003 3:00 AM Re: PC or not to PC Tross 06/11/2003 3:26 AM Re: PC or not to PC sjm 06/11/2003 3:31 AM Silkie vs Selkie AnnaStrophic 06/11/2003 9:11 AM Re: Silkie vs Selkie sjm 06/11/2003 10:20 AM Re: Black Scot Faldage 06/11/2003 1:08 PM Re: Black Singers Zed 06/13/2003 12:17 AM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 06/11/2003 11:44 AM Re: PC or not to PC Tross 06/13/2003 11:57 AM Re: PC or not to PC WhitmanO'Neill 05/25/2003 11:32 AM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 05/25/2003 12:47 PM Re: PC or not to PC Wordwind 05/25/2003 4:59 PM Re: PC or not to PC wwh 05/25/2003 6:03 PM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 05/25/2003 10:09 PM Re: PC or not to PC Zed 05/27/2003 11:13 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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