08-22-2007, 01:03 PM
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| Congressional Representative Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Gender:  Posts: 2,729 Points: 15,737, Level: 80 | Level up: 78%, 113 Points needed | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nuttyjoe I apologize for my apparent ignorance on Southern culinary terms and phrases. I truly did not know of this definition of "cracker". I had only heard this word used in racial insulting format for all of my life. I really should have known better; as I have exchanged posts with both you and CF on many threads before and had never found one of either of yours to be in the category of racially insulting. Again, my apologies to you both. I hope we can continue to debate as we always have been and bury this monumental screwup on my part. | No apologies necessary so far as I am concerned. I think that this format just lends itself to misunderstandings at times.
After all, we don't really know each other and we often come from different backgrounds and/or regions or countries. And with the written word there is no body language or facial expression to indicate the tone of a comment when there is some doubt.
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