RE: [CR]Ghetto vs. Geto Life

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Subject: RE: [CR]Ghetto vs. Geto Life
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:34:59 -0800
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Ghetto vs. Geto Life
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "JOE HUGHES" <rotab@msn.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Joe Hughes wrote:
> You guys have too much time.....
> Ghetto does not equal geto.
> Geto is correct tool deprivation
> in this case. Has nothing to do
> with some historical ghettos
> from the past.

Joe is right, geto is the correct spelling in this case, though it doesn't necessarily have a bad connotation; in some quarters it is a synonym for "cool". See http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=geto

Another example of why you should not be so quick to school or correct others; you can embarrass yourself. Lord knows I do it all the time!

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA