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NAMES
IT HAS BEEN QUITE POPULAR, AND STILL IS, TO REFER TO YOUNG PEO-
PLE BY THEIR LAST NAMES. WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL IN DETROIT, IT
WAS MORE COMMON TO CALL FELLOW STUDENTS BY THEIR LAST NAMES
RATHER THAN BY THEIR FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
NAME
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN REFERRED TO BY MANY PEO-
PLE AS THE "SUITCASE" COLLEGE. THIS IS BECAUSE EVERYONE THERE
USUALLY GOES SOMEPLACE ON WEEKENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD 201
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
NAMES
A DEROGATORY TERM FOR HUNGARIANS IS "BOHUNKS" (BOHEMIANS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
NICKNAME
"CHOCOLATE" MEN - REFERRING TO ALL BLACK MEN THAT LIVED BY
GRANDPARENT'S STORE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
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NAME
"HONKIE" - A WHITE PERSON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
NAME
"SPIC" - A PUERTO RICAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
NICKNAMES
NICKNAMES FOR POLICEMEN: COPS, FUZZ, PIG, DIRTY - COPPER,
FLAT FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
NAME
"BELGIANS ARE BUFFALO." THE REASON WHY THEY CALL BELGIAN PEO-
PLE BUFFALOS IS THAT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE BELGIAN
PEOPLE MIGRATED TO BUFFALO NEW YORK FOR BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
AFTER THE DEPRESSION, THE BELGIANS MOVED BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL
HOMES. SINCE, THEY WERE STUCK WITH THE NAME BUFFALO.
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY A BELGIAN MEAT TRUCK DRIVER,
WHOSE NAME WAS GEORGE, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
NAME
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN CALLED,
BY OTHER RIVAL SCHOOLS, THE "U OF D CRUDS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
LAST NAMES (INDIAN)
THE LAST NAMES OF PEOPLE FROM INDIA INDICATE THE REGION WHERE
THEY WERE BORN. EXAMPLES ARE: GHOSE: BENGAL, KASHKARI: KASHMIR,
THANNIKARY: KERALA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
NAMING RITE
IN ICELAND, A SON RETAINS HIS FATHER'S LAST NAME, BUT HE
ADDS "SON" ON THE END. WHEN THE SON MARRIES, HE DROPS THE "SON"
AND HIS SONS ADD IT TO THEIR NAME. EXAMPLE: BONNER - BONNERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 10-00-1965