[78-L] Racially Offensive Language/Robeson.^

[Michael Shoshani]

On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 18:16 -0500, Donna Halper wrote:
> In fact, a well-respected Boston author and talk show host, 
> Paul Benzaquin, wrote a book about the Cocoanut Grove Fire and called 
> it "Holocaust," which meant "a huge fire" back then.  When the book 
> came out for re-issue in the 70s, he had to change its title because 
> the meaning of the word had completely changed.

Just to complete the irony, he's probably Jewish. Benzaquin, spelled
several different ways, is a common surname among Sephardic Jews.

MS