Talk:Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George"
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Page title[edit]
Shouldn't it actually be Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George"? The "George" being in quotes. Similar to when someone might say "Write your name in the space marked "name"." Either way, it's an interesting article! Dismas 09:37, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Ideally we'd also have a hyphen between "sleeping" and "car", because when I first read it I thought it was referring to car-porters who were sleeping, rather than to porters of sleeping-cars. But I suppose we should go by whatever punctuation the Society itself generally used. 20:12, 14 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.225.234 (talk)
When?[edit]
When did this issue play? It isn't immediately clear from the article. JeroenHoek 10:53, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
location[edit]
Was this purely an American phenomenon? (Pullman car porters in other countries couldn't be "African-American"!) Doops 18:53, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
When and where[edit]
Well, the fact is, I don't know the exact dates or locations. I remembered this story from an old Trains magazine story (from the late '60s or early '70s?), but I don't have a copy anymore, and I could only find out so much online. I'm hoping that someone else out there can clarify and elaborate... Cheers Fawcett5 00:28, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Was King George amused?[edit]
Seems unlikely given what one hears about the King. Citation needed methinks. Richard Pinch 21:42, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
When & Where[edit]
I have all but a few years of TRAINS and I know I've read about this organization, probably in the article referenced. If I come across it I'll see what I can add here.
New evidence from the Pullman Museum[edit]
Looks like it may go back to the '20s... although the provenance is unclear. [1] --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:58, 4 October 2007 (UTC)