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- From: dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe)
- Newsgroups: news.groups
- Subject: Re: STRAW VOTE ON NAME FOR NATIVE AMERICANS NEWSGROUP
- Message-ID: <1929@frackit.UUCP>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 14:54:57 GMT
- References: <yenamand.724366179@micro> <BzLqDD.EzG@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>
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- In article <BzLqDD.EzG@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>, chisnall@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (The Technicolour Throw-up) writes:
- > From article <yenamand.724366179@micro>, by yenamand@micro.cs.umn.edu (Murthy Yenamandra):
- > >
- > > To me, "aboriginal" always seemed to be tinged with contempt.
- >
- > 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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- Now THAT'S an understatement. The last time I heard that term was over
- 20 years ago. I think it's a bit TOO obscure for consideration. Great
- for Scrabble and Lovecraft groupies though :)
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