11/7    So is "mulatto" a word in common usage in nyc?
        \_ I've never thought of "mulatto" as particularly offensive. A
           mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido.  --dim
           \_ It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss with all these marbles in my
              mouth.
        \_ My parents use it but none of my peers ever have. I'm not in NYC tho.
           Fuck you.
        \_ It's a common English word.  Is "telephone" a word in common usage
           in nyc?
        \_ It has the same connotation as "half-breed."  Outside of the
           Nirvana song, I've never heard it used, and a lot of my family
           comes from Brooklyn.
           \_ i've heard it on howard stern, which i mentioned in my
              original post.  apparently the person who deleted the
              pc post also thought stern was verboten. -op