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- From: emcguire@intellection.com (Ed McGuire)
- Subject: Re: STRAW VOTE ON NAME FOR NATIVE AMERICANS NEWSGROUP
- In-Reply-To: chisnall@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz's message of Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:00:48 GMT
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- Sender: emcguire@intellection.com (Ed McGuire)
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:09:21 GMT
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- In article <BzLqDD.EzG@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> chisnall@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (The Technicolour Throw-up) writes:
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- How about soc.culture.autochthon? Autochthon is precisely the word
- that people are looking for here. Its unambiguous (unlike
- "native") and free of derogatory connotations (unlike
- "aboriginal"). The only thing against it is that it probably too
- obscure to most people.
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- Obscure, indeed! My first reaction was, "Let's not drag Lovecraft
- into the debate, it's scary enough as it is." :)
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