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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:24:06 -0400, Josh Hill 
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>On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:12:30 -0700, Rob Perkins 
>wrote:
>
>>Charlie Edmondson wrote:
>>
>>>> Rob, who can't tell who is or is not a bigot
>>>>
>>> Would you have prefered the term in its original form, using
the dreaded 
>>> 'N' word? 
>>
>>No, and I don't wish to consider the comment in relative terms, either. 
>>Or discuss it. I was simply a bit shocked to see it *here*, where we 
>>have types, races, and religions of all kinds, and where there is 
>>generally a bit of sensitivity to the feelings of others on any matter.
>>
>> From that shock came the desire not to have seen it.
>>
>>And no, I won't give ground on "Afro-engineered" when the
perfectly 
>>race-neutral-and-meaning-equivalent "hacked" might have
done just as 
>>well, except to say that if I had seen "Afro-engineered"
I might not 
>>have had as strong a reaction.
>>
>>Now I've got myself wondering whether "jerry-rigged" is
some kind of 
>>epithet...
>
>Funny, I was wondering just the other day if "jerry-rigged" was
>related to "jury rigging." It turns out it is:
>
>jer·ry-rig  (jr-rg)
>tr.v. jer·ry-rigged, jer·ry-rig·ging, jer·ry-rigs 
>To jury-rig.

would "jury rig" imply something created by a dozen random people with
a random (and assumed ill-fitting-to-the-task) skill set?

-Wendy
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>[Alteration (influenced by jerry-build) of jury-rig.] 
>
>(Problem is, they don't know what "jerry-build" comes from . . . )
                                                
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