LL-L "Language change" 2002.09.14 (06) [E]

[Sandy Fleming]

From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Language change"

> From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at pandora.be>
> Subject: LL-L "Language change" 2002.09.14 (04) [E]
>
> All I want to say is that those who are responsible of designing names
> should think twice before they launch something new : it'd better be short
> (and easy to pronounce), or their creation will soon become corrupt (or
> hollow).
> Please realise that adequate (international) namegiving, taking
> phonetic and
> psychological constraints highly into account, can also help to minimise
> "loss of identity"; something that's becoming more and more
> prevalent these
> days for a lot of people.

There is the term "Amerind" if you want a single word.

Maybe, like "Eskimo", it's too much of a catch-all though,
and using the various ethnicities would be the best amswer.

Sandy
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