I think you were referring to the color of their hair, no? My father had white hair most of his and everyone called him whitey. I went to school with an albino kid and we all called him whitey too.
My father actually guy a personalized Plate on his truck that said whitey. I still have it, all faded... Just sayin. DannyOn Sep 21, 2015 1:40 PM, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Lighten up? (also a good boat name) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cuQTGKD01M > > Your outrage and accusations of hypocrisy are misplaced. The term "Whitey" > doesn't have any negative historical connotations, "blacky" and other terms, > do. > But this isn't really a topic of conversation suitable for a sailing list. If > you really want to discuss this further feel free to email me off list. > > Steve > Suhana C&C 32 > Toronto > > > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Burt Stratton <bstrat...@falconnect.com> > wrote: >> >> Whiteys? >> >> >> >> Love that Toronto is so culturally diverse and literally nothing offends me >> but hypocrisy. Imagine if the proudly progressive people up there heard >> someone use the term “blackys”. >> >> >> >> Where’s the outrage? >> >> >> >> Sorry, couldn’t resist. >> >> >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan >> Plavsa via CnC-List >> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 9:41 AM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Cc: Stevan Plavsa >> Subject: Re: Stus-List boat names >> >> >> >> A host on a radio show I listen to shares the same name, I kept hearing it >> every day and it finally clicked "that's going on the list". We kept a long >> list on a shared google doc for months, maybe over a year, I can't remember. >> It was a process of elimination. We picked a name we thought was pretty, >> simple as that. When we looked it up: >> >> >> >> "Suhana" means "pleasing," "charming" and "lovely" in Hindi. >> >> "Suhana" means "pleasant" in Urdu. >> >> "Suhana" is a star in Arabic. >> >> >> >> so it worked too (astronomy is my other 'thing') and of course, I didn't >> spend all this money on something I didn't think was pleasing, charming and >> lovely. >> >> >> >> Toronto is a very multicultural place so while the old timer whiteys at the >> club don't get it (and insist on calling my boat "Susanna") I know there are >> people around that do. >> >> >> >> Someone on the list when I was going through this recommended three "A"s in >> a name. If I could do it over, I probably would have gone with Sahana. >> >> >> >> Steve >> >> Suhana, C&C 32 >> >> Toronto >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> I let my father do the work and just carried on his boat names; Raven for my >> Shields, and Peregrine after his C&C 27. >> >> Andy >> C&C 40 >> Peregrine >> >> Andrew Burton >> 61 W Narragansett >> Newport, RI >> USA 02840 >> >> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >> +401 965-5260 >> >> >> > On Sep 17, 2015, at 08:18, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Take your last boat name and throw a 2 after it ... >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Danny >> > Haughey via CnC-List >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:54 PM >> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> > Cc: djhaug...@juno.com >> > Subject: Stus-List boat names >> > >> > OK coming up with a new name for our new boat is proving very difficult. >> > >> > I thought I would throw it out to you guys for some ideas! >> > >> > Maybe you came across something sometime and thought wow what a great name >> > for a boat! >> > >> > I can't believe this is so difficult... Lol >> > >> > Danny >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> > Email address: >> > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the >> > bottom of page at: >> > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> > Email address: >> > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the >> > bottom of page at: >> > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
