LL-L "Ethnicity" 2005.06.20 (02) [E]

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From: David Barrow <davidab at telefonica.net.pe>
Subject: LL-L "Ethnicity" 2005.06.19 (06) [E]

> 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
>
> ----------
>
> 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
> _____
> "It is much easier to be critical than to be correct."
> [Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister]
>
I have a Chinese - Peruvian former classmate now resident in the US who
is either Hispanic or Chinese depending on which classification is more
advantageous at a particular time

David Barrow

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