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- From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
- Subject: Re: STRAW VOTE ON NAME FOR NATIVE AMERICANS NEWSGROUP
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.192038.8132@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:20:38 GMT
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- 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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- We can't expect Usenet readers to learn something new :-)
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- The problem with this proposal is that it makes sense :-)
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