Re: Exonyms [Re: English syllable structure]
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 13:47 |
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Adam Walker wrote:
> >From: Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
> >Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 20:21:50 +1100
> >
> (Rant) Note to all Yanks: `Yank' is a non-American term to mean
> >Americans, and there isn't anything you can do about it, just like there
> >isn't anything I can do about your horrible mangalation of `Australian'.
> >
> >Tristan
Please snip the name and get you're attributes right: you didn't say
`(Rant) Note to all Yanks: `Yank' is a non-American term to mean'.
> Just like there's really nothing we can do about the other rude things
> people from other countries call us like gringo, dabizi, gaijin (though
> those last two would include Aussies, too.)
Yes, but `other rude'? You aren't telling me you're offended by it?
`Gringo', `dabizi' and `gaijin' are intended to be offensive, aren't they?
Whereas `Yank' is meant in much the same way as [Q:stre:li@n] and
[O:streili@n] etc. and especially [Q:zi] and [O:zi] etc. I wouldn't mean
to be rude or offend you or anyone. But if it *really* does, and you can't
see it for what it is, then I guess if you insist...
Tristan
anstouh@yahoo.com.au
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