New racist etymology

[Jocelyn Limpert]

But Google accepts all kinds of words and in forms we would never use.
However, I'm assuming that was a rhetorical question anyway and not in need
of any further comment from me??

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Jocelyn Limpert
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> > designations, such as "Japanese American," are not hyphenated [anymore].
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> Why not, I wonder? Because Google doesn't even distinguish between
> "Japanese-American" and "japanese american," so why even bother with
> capitalization?
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