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(52,218 posts) Thu Apr 12, 2012, 10:09 AM Apr 2012

Kaffir lily. A beautiful plant with a derogatory name. [View all]

Had no idea that Kaffir was derogatory.

"The quest for a name other than "Kaffir" is strongest in South Africa itself, where the word has been used in a derogatory manner by white Afrikaaners against aboriginal peoples, but in Great Britain & North America the word has no such meaning."

http://www.paghat.com/kaffir3.html

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Kaffir lily. A beautiful plant with a derogatory name. [View all] Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 OP

It is (originally) the Islamic term for unbeliever intaglio Apr 2012 #1

I'm confused. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #3

She was quoting a Boer family she was with at the time intaglio Apr 2012 #5

And I feel like I'm living ahead of my times. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #6

There's also a Kaffir lime. geardaddy Apr 2012 #2

Kaffir lilies are pretty. There's a small flower marzipanni Apr 2012 #4

Shame you couldn't cultivate it. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #7

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