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Re: FWD [OT but interesting] Arctic people seek common alphabet

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Friday, August 16, 2002, 14:05
 --- Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...> wrote: >
> > The common factor here is not race but language. > The > most common ethinc heritage in the United States is > German, but we speak English. Therefore, we more > closely identify with the English than with the > Germans. >
aha. i'd always wondered why americans looked so unlike english people : relatively shallow set eyes, wide mouths and often quite sharply angled noses, against the english who often have deep set eyes, small mouths and either shallow angled noses or snubs or ski slopes ( of course i'm conflating celtic and anglo features here ). ( and freckles seem to be quite rare in the states, tho it may just be that freckled people don't make it onto tv or films that often ) i'd always put it down to the dutch influence, so i suppose i wasn't far off bn ( who is genuinely interested in the spread of ethnotypical characteristics, rather than just prejudiced ! ) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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