World Scene: United States

Racist radio man panned

"Nappy-headed hos", the phrase that cost radio shock jock Don Imus his job and triggered a debate on how far free speech can go, was named last week as the most egregious politically incorrect turn of phrase in 2007.

Trailing behind that phrase in the annual survey by Global Language Monitor (www.LanguageMonitor.com), a word usage group, were "Ho-Ho-Ho" and "Carbon Footprint Stomping," said the group's president Paul JJ Payack.