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mysunnyboy

mysunnyboy

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Nefrella said:
LOL, maybe you should go look at some history.

The main premise behind my comments was that life was simpler.

Yes, I was younger, but not an infant.

We grew up before the internet, there were still political issues, but the bottom line is this: I've had friends & family from all races and walks of life, I treat everyone the same.

The REz? Is slang, obviously. Even the natives call it as such.

When you live in an area for 30+ years and can comment on the locals, please do. Otherwise, have a great day!
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I’m 54 years old and live with Seminoles in Florida. Never heard it before. Sounds crass.
 
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Nefrella

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mysunnyboy said:
I’m 54 years old and live with Seminoles in Florida. Never heard it before. Sounds crass.
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Wow. Well maybe its a mid-west thing, shrug.

rez
(also res)
Pronunciation /rez/ /rɛz/
NOUN
informal North American usually in singular
  • A North American Indian reservation or reserve.
    More example sentences
    • ‘he is a Navajo who grew up on the rez in Ganado’
    • ‘When I visit the rez, I am an outsider ... so I get treated with some suspicion.’
    • ‘Ian lived here in Missoula for a few years while he did his research on his book, The Rez - about Indian reservation life (perhaps one of the few natural resources still remaining in this state).’
    • ‘Father Stone drove the twenty miles from the nearest off-rez town, eastward on the spruce- and swamp-lined two-lane county road that dead-ended at the rez.’
    • ‘But despite all of this - or perhaps because of it - basketball is played on the rez and played very well.’
    • ‘More than escapism, it provides youth with a sense of belonging and camaraderie, a means of achieving some sort of victory, an opportunity to explore life off the rez.’
    • ‘It's hard to imagine reservation life if you've never been to a rez yourself, and images from films like Smoke Signals only provide snapshots of places thousands of young Native Californians call home.’
    • ‘We have oil on our land and casinos, but on the Rez back home, most people who get money don't do anything with it.’
    • ‘Real Indian humor is something in your community or your home, and the funniest people are maybe your uncle, or a cab driver, or someone on the rez.’
    • ‘The day before my last at the res, I got to do a traditional sweat.’

Doesn't sound too crass to me...it's a word in the dictionary.
 
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schuylaar

Well-Known Member
Nefrella said:
LOL, maybe you should go look at some history.

The main premise behind my comments was that life was simpler.

Yes, I was younger, but not an infant.

We grew up before the internet, there were still political issues, but the bottom line is this: I've had friends & family from all races and walks of life, I treat everyone the same.

The REz? Is slang, obviously. Even the natives call it as such.

When you live in an area for 30+ years and can comment on the locals, please do. Otherwise, have a great day!
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would you believe your IQ was the highest the day you were born..?
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

Well-Known Member
Nefrella said:
Wow. Well maybe its a mid-west thing, shrug.

rez
(also res)
Pronunciation /rez/ /rɛz/
NOUN
informal North American usually in singular
  • A North American Indian reservation or reserve.
    More example sentences
    • ‘he is a Navajo who grew up on the rez in Ganado’
    • ‘When I visit the rez, I am an outsider ... so I get treated with some suspicion.’
    • ‘Ian lived here in Missoula for a few years while he did his research on his book, The Rez - about Indian reservation life (perhaps one of the few natural resources still remaining in this state).’
    • ‘Father Stone drove the twenty miles from the nearest off-rez town, eastward on the spruce- and swamp-lined two-lane county road that dead-ended at the rez.’
    • ‘But despite all of this - or perhaps because of it - basketball is played on the rez and played very well.’
    • ‘More than escapism, it provides youth with a sense of belonging and camaraderie, a means of achieving some sort of victory, an opportunity to explore life off the rez.’
    • ‘It's hard to imagine reservation life if you've never been to a rez yourself, and images from films like Smoke Signals only provide snapshots of places thousands of young Native Californians call home.’
    • ‘We have oil on our land and casinos, but on the Rez back home, most people who get money don't do anything with it.’
    • ‘Real Indian humor is something in your community or your home, and the funniest people are maybe your uncle, or a cab driver, or someone on the rez.’
    • ‘The day before my last at the res, I got to do a traditional sweat.’

Doesn't sound too crass to me...it's a word in the dictionary.
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ooh, getting defensive now are we, Karen?
 
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schuylaar

Well-Known Member
Nefrella said:
Wow. Well maybe its a mid-west thing, shrug.

rez
(also res)
Pronunciation /rez/ /rɛz/
NOUN
informal North American usually in singular
  • A North American Indian reservation or reserve.
    More example sentences
    • ‘he is a Navajo who grew up on the rez in Ganado’
    • ‘When I visit the rez, I am an outsider ... so I get treated with some suspicion.’
    • ‘Ian lived here in Missoula for a few years while he did his research on his book, The Rez - about Indian reservation life (perhaps one of the few natural resources still remaining in this state).’
    • ‘Father Stone drove the twenty miles from the nearest off-rez town, eastward on the spruce- and swamp-lined two-lane county road that dead-ended at the rez.’
    • ‘But despite all of this - or perhaps because of it - basketball is played on the rez and played very well.’
    • ‘More than escapism, it provides youth with a sense of belonging and camaraderie, a means of achieving some sort of victory, an opportunity to explore life off the rez.’
    • ‘It's hard to imagine reservation life if you've never been to a rez yourself, and images from films like Smoke Signals only provide snapshots of places thousands of young Native Californians call home.’
    • ‘We have oil on our land and casinos, but on the Rez back home, most people who get money don't do anything with it.’
    • ‘Real Indian humor is something in your community or your home, and the funniest people are maybe your uncle, or a cab driver, or someone on the rez.’
    • ‘The day before my last at the res, I got to do a traditional sweat.’

Doesn't sound too crass to me...it's a word in the dictionary.
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are you Native?

I'm from the area of South Florida where Miccosukee and Seminole have reservations..out of respect, one would never, ever refer to their homes as 'the rez', I never even heard of any Native say that word in Florida and yes, I did have business with Native Americans.
 
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