"Hispanic or Mexican"; Balderdash & Piffle

[Barry Popik]

HISPANIC OR MEXICAN
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The wife and I visited a medical office recently and filled out some
detailed forms. One asked "Hispanic or Mexican." My wife wondered why
it wasn't just "Hispanic," but I guess this is Texas.
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BALDERDASH & PIFFLE (continued)
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I meant Britain's strict libel & copyright laws. The BBC is usually
very careful about them.
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The whole thing is ridiculous. I've never seen the show so I don't
know how things were presented, but B&P was produced with the help of
the OED. My "Bloody Mary" finding was published in 2001--six years
ago. OED should have had it in its files. The old 1950s "Bloody Mary"
date shouldn't even have made the OED appeals list. Eleven people got
credit for "discovering" my work that was already known to OED.
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OED could help give a volunteer researcher just a little bit of credit
here, but it didn't.

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