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Re: NEWS: MicroSoft's Spanish language problems

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, September 16, 2002, 16:06
J Y S Czhang scripsit:

> a country whose population is mainly descended from Aztec and Maya Indians, > the Microsoft program sugggested as alternatives for the word ''Indian:'' > ``man-eater'' or ``savage.''
All very well to say this isn't PC, but "indio" is a pejorative by all reports nonetheless, and no less among Native Mexicans than others. -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan http://www.reutershealth.com Charles li reis, nostre emperesdre magnes, Set anz totz pleinz ad ested in Espagnes.