Comment on Crassula aka Hottentot
mriswith@lemmy.world 1 week agoI grew up hearing it in childrens books, so I don’t blame you for not knowing. But it’s one of those phrases that in hindsight is obviously offensive based on how it was used.
Comment on Crassula aka Hottentot
mriswith@lemmy.world 1 week agoI grew up hearing it in childrens books, so I don’t blame you for not knowing. But it’s one of those phrases that in hindsight is obviously offensive based on how it was used.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 1 week ago
My mother used it similar to “in your room it looks like below the sofa of family Hempel” (“hier sieht’s aus wie bei Hempels unterm Sofa”). So my naive brain thought it’s just another family name