macroban Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Not a term for Dulwich I've heard before.Can anyone shed light? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Presumably something to do with ghosts. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDmummy Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 This could be scary if I could understand it:http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5021981490&ShowSims=Y Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDmummy Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 OK, link didn't work. Put "Duppytown" into Google and go to the Bebo result. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I like how it says "did you mean to search for happytown?" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.London Suburbs Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Who has had the ghoul to ask this? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 A secondary meaning which is probably being used in this context. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinder999 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Perhaps the Uptown Dulwich Criminals live there. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllforNun Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Champion Hill and Dog Kennel Hill (ish) (Duppy Town), Kinswood estate SE21 (ghost Town), (hence previous problems with Kingsdale school), Gipsy hill + Norwood, loose affiliation of groups, Musical affiliations, white bandana's and all that goes with it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 What a weird shuffling group dance. Sort of reminiscent of bill & ben the flower pot men. Or people dancing to the Smiths when I were a lad. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Always liked the Specials - but thought they sang about Coventry not ED. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-115446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWorld74 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Presumibly these kids go to church like good Christians at the weekend. And then back out for some fuk you up style killings in the noontime? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-116227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWorld74 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 So we all live in a Ghost Town then? or are we all being slated for trying to act black?.....can't say that I've done that latter recently... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-116237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I have heard the word 'spook' used to describe blacks. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-116249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWorld74 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 oh God I'm done with all this shit I really am. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-116253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 SteveT Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I have heard the word 'spook' used to describe> blacks.Interesting, in Hong Kong they refer to white people as "ghosts". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-116311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetgirl Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Posted by: SteveT July 09, 02:59PMI have heard the word 'spook' used to describe blacks.STEVET IM NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE THE CORRECT TERM (BLACKS) TO USE IN THIS DAY & AGE! IT SAYS ALOT ABOUT YOU! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetgirl Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 by the way, the term DUPPY means ghost. its a term used in the caribbean......... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 sweetgirl Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Posted by: SteveT July 09, 02:59PM> > > I have heard the word 'spook' used to describe> blacks.> > > STEVET IM NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE THE CORRECT TERM> (BLACKS) TO USE IN THIS DAY & AGE! > > IT SAYS ALOT ABOUT YOU!African American is the term in America - but we're not america - but I thought Black was seen as more acceptable today than my parents term of 'coloured' which is very uncorrect now.discussed herehttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060712105003AAno3vp Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asset Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I think it's the use of 'blacks' rather than 'black people' that is not entirely on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetgirl Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 thank you asset. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 According to a mate of mine from Jamaica Duppy is also used as a pejorative term for white people. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Is it me, or is the use of a word like Duppy not simply racist?To my great embarrassment, my Grandfather one referred to the people of Sudan (for whom he nearly died and had a huge amount of respect) as Fuzzy-Wuzzies. This jokey 'innocent at the time' sort of phrase used by one racial type against any other race - either by the majority or minority serves only to draw further differences and misunderstandings of respect and understanding between groups.Racism cuts both ways - you can't cry foul and then change the rules. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJL Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Something like the Haitian zombie. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 A duppy is an evil spirit. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3696-duppytown-which-part-of-dulwich-is-this/#findComment-117564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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