INDIAN vs NATIVE AMERICAN

Peter Richardson prichard at LINFIELD.EDU
Wed Jan 10 01:31:53 UTC 2001


...not to mention Indian rub or all the expressions with Injun. Now: talk
about un-PC...

Peter R.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Barnhart wrote:

> There is also, Ron, the matter of all the long-established compounds
> dependent upon Indian:
>
> Indian agent
> Indian club
> Indian corn
> Indian file
> Indian giver
> Indian meal
> Indian paintbrush
> Indian pipe
> Indian pudding
> Indian summer
> Indian tobacco
> Indian wrestling
>
> These are a selection from M-W10.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> David K. Barnhart, Editor
> The Barnhart Dictionary Companion [quarterly]
> barnhart at highlands.com
> www.highlands.com/Lexik
>
> "Necessity obliges us to neologize."
> Thomas Jefferson-August 16, 1813
>



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