LL-L "Ethnicity" 2005.06.19 (06) [E]

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From: Thomas Byro <greenherring at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Ethnicity" 2005.06.17 (02) [E]

I spoke to a woman in Texas a few days ago who bore a Spanish surname
but her maiden name was Smith.  She would alternately scream at her 5
children in Spanish and English to try to get them to quiet down.
What is her nationality?  By the way, she found it hard to believe
that there exists a spanish speaking population in NYC that speaks no
English.

Tom Byro

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Ethnicity" 2005.06.19 (04) [E]

Oohh!

Gabriele wrote:

> in the English-speaking world, a Pomeranian is a small, yippy-yappy,
> fluffy
> and usually rather nasty so-called dog - a "Zwergspitz", to you and me.

I like those very special Anglo-Saxon idioms *s*!

And then:
> It's still allowed to be un-PC about those, no? ;-)
My Lexicon's just telling about 'PC':

"PC Br. police constable Polizist m, Wachtmeister m; personal computer PC,
Personalcomputer m."

Hmmm??? I'm wondering once more.

Greutens/Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Ethnicity

Gabriele:

> It's still allowed to be un-PC about those, no? ;-)

Perhaps, though in general it is definitely PC to bash PC.

Wüff-wüff!

Jonny, "PC" stands for "politically correct."

Reinhard/Ron
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