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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:34:48 EST
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- From: BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
- Subject: Re: Asians
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
- 25 Jan 1993 05:29:56 CST from <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
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- >Because most nationalities can be placed within larger categories. E.g.,
- >Torkel is a Swede. Torkel is a Scandinavian. Torkel is a European. People
- >often look for a term to link several countries of geographic proximity.
- >Remember our discussions of the problem of what to call the inhabitants of
- >those islands in the North Sea and the heated responses from Ireland saying
- >that there is no need for such a term since Ireland is not related to the
- >other countries on those islands? I still contend that it *is* related and
- >that a word to include the Irish and the UKers is sometimes needed.
- > --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
-
- But the language has not supplied the word. More properly: the users
- of the language have not come up with one, have not responded to the need.
- Similarly with the non-existent word for the person who always says,
- "Back at LSU, we used to..." It makes perfect sense to have such a word,
- but the language has not been forthcoming.
-
- brad
-