Re: Laura Riding died (2/9/1991)

 Ar an dara lá de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark:

 > [...] *Some of the quiet and simple living was done in what Wiki calls a
 > "vernacular cracker house" at Vero Beach FL. Wiki links us to an article
 > describing this type of architecture:
 >
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker_architecture
 >
 > I have always encountered "cracker" as a mildly offensive term, somewhat like
 > "redneck". It's interesting to see it being rehabilitated in this way.

Interesting NPR article on it here, but no convincing etymology:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/01/197644761/word-watch-on-crackers

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