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On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:32:30 -0400, Tom Austin <taustin> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> Tom Austin <taustin> wrote:
>>
>>> I do remember way back in high school physics that we discussed the term
>>> jerry-rig. Our teacher reasoned that 'jerry' was a racial slur and
>>> shouldn't be used. So he suggested that 'billy-rig' was a better term -
>>> referring to West Virginia hill billys. Since we were in Virginia, it
>>> was a better term than 'jerry-rig'
>>
>> I think that your teacher may have been confusing jerry-rigged with jerry-built
>> which is a slur against a certain English Jerry. Jerry-rigged is from WW2 and
>> applied to Allied equipment repaired using German parts.
>
>yes, you are right - I was referring to what he reasoned.
>
So I reasoned, too.
>> To be honest, I have heard one phrase used by American oilmen that was a racial
>>
>
>I've heard of that term - and I've never used it myself. Tho, if I see
>something really well built I may use it ;-)
>
You take your life in your hands, methinks ;)
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Regards
Stephen
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