I remember my grandmother calling Italians "Dagos" and my grandfather telling her not to use that in front of the grandkids, it wasn't polite, and if we used it , it could start a fight.T his was in the 1950's. He however, would ask us to run down to the corner store and get "some of that good Dago bread" when we were having spaghetti ant meatballs.

To the best of my knowledge, the terms "Dagos" and "Huns" were disparaging names for Italians and Germans. My parents told me never, never to use either one. I recall an incident my husband and I were at a neighborhood party, and one man called another "a dago" which was greatly resented, and the man of Italian heritage said, "Only another Italian can use that name for another!" Just about every nationality has a slang term for its members but most are considered to be hateful and sign of great prejudice. These kinds of terms are on a scale with calling a person of African heritage the "N" word. It was also a sign of little intelligence or education. You would never find those terms used in today's newspapers! I'm 76 and have many nationalities in my heritage and there are lots of knicknames I could be called although my ancestors were all here before 1870 and most before 1800. That's what makes America great! Marge Wilcox - Brighton, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry A. McGuire <Katmandu@compuserve.com> To: <PABLAIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 8:22 AM Subject: [PABLAIR-L] HUNS and/or DAGOS > I remember my grandmother calling Italians "Dagos" and my grandfather > telling her not to use that in front of the grandkids, it wasn't polite, > and if we used it , it could start a fight.T his was in the 1950's. He > however, would ask us to run down to the corner store and get "some of that > good Dago bread" when we were having spaghetti ant meatballs. > > > > ==== PABLAIR Mailing List ==== > State maps: > http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/printmaps.html >