Re: META: "Chinese whispers"

I suppose the political incorrectness exists only insofar as you consciously
observe the politically incorrect roots of it, and this applies to every
political issue, IMO. I see it as a piece of linguistic heritage -- nothing
much to be offended about.
Eugene

2009/2/28 Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

> Sorry, but am I the only one a bit bothered by the subject of the
> other thread?  I don't know the history of the term but it has the
> terribly politically incorrect flavor of terms like "Indian giving",
> "going Dutch", "Chinese fire drill", and so on, and I'm kind of
> surprised it passed unremarked.  Maybe the name is purely a linguistic
> reference, to people passing along messages in a language they don't
> speak, or something?
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>

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