"Hispanic or Mexican"; Balderdash & Piffle

[Wilson Gray]

"Hispanic or Mexican" makes as much sense as "African-American or Black."

-Wilson

On 10/19/07, Barry Popik <bapopik at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
> ...
> OED could help give a volunteer researcher just a little bit of credit
> here, but it didn't.
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