> -----Original Message----- > From: Marilyn Harper > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 8:31 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Dutchman > > > Actually I think the term is "jury-rigged" and has something to do > with sailing vessels. This does not mean that there isn't some sort > of nasty connotation too, since sailors are not known for being > refined. <snip> > I suppose if people find it offensive we have to stop using > it whether > it was intended to be offensive or not. Jury-rigged is the way I always heard it too, although I cannot be depended upon as a definitive source in these matters, since I'm hearing-impaired. And I suppose you are right about distancing ourselves [sigh]. Sign me, Lions and Carrots