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Re: new Klingon spelling

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 11:58
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:54:11AM -0600, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> My point (see other posts for details) was that there are certain > communities that simply don't like being called by certain names, > which I exemplified by native American tribes being called in English > by names which mean "slave" or "vile dogs" or something else that > could reasonably cause offense.
Great, then, agree 100%. But I don't see how American anti-war protesters saying [aj'r&k] falls into that category at all. -Mark