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Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Saturday, March 24, 2001, 20:07
Jenesis wrote:
>(though who on Earth would prefer to be called "South American" as opposed >to >the country they're from?)
Seeing that terms like "European", "Asian" and "South American" have been in use for centuries or in some cases millenia, there is probably some need for them. To take your example, most people living in, say, Brazil are probably happy to be refered to as "Brazilian" in some contexts and as "South American" in others. Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.