I received an offline admonishment requesting me to please refrain from using the word “nordeast” to describe northeast Minneapolis. Once used as a insider term of endearment, it has since been used as a term to demean, according to the poster. This is news to me. It must be to the Star Tribune, too, which used the term “Nordeast” as recently as June 23, 2002. (Steve Brandt, take note.)
As a person with an eastern European–born parent and who grew up with plenty of neighbors who said “dese” and “dose,” nordeast isn’t an insult, but a tribute to a heritage that I treasure. While I appreciate the poster’s sincerity, I find it hard to just docilely say “okay.” So I am throwing open the question to the forum: does anyone else consider “nordeast” a derogatory term? If so, how did it transform from affectionate name to insult? I’m really curious. Susan Maricle formerly of Folwell now of Bruno, MN who still gets her taxes done at Myslajek and Co. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
