Re: NEWS: MicroSoft's Spanish language problems

Padraic Brown wrote:
> Well, your first mistake was in thinking that PC and
> sensibility had anything to with one another.
Amusing anecdote from a friend of mine:  She was chatting with someone
and mentioned that she was listening to Indian music (Indian in the
sense of "from India"), and the other person, thinking to "correct" her
said "Native American", so she replied.  "Okay, I'm listening to some
Native American music from INDIA".  He kind of quieted after that
point.  :-)

> Pedantically, yes. As far as I've been able to figure,
> the PC machine doesn't agree: "Native" ends at the US
> border (though, maybe includes Canada as well).
I've heard "Native American" used for the native peoples of Latin
America.

> No, you'd be "white" (presumably).
Well, I meant, if the term meant what it logically implies.  :-)

> I've taken to referring to my own "race" as 'human'
> and national or cultural identity as 'American'.
When people ask me my nationality, I usually say "American.  If you mean
my ancestry, mixed German, English, Scottish, and most likely some other
stuff."

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