Re: NEWS: MicroSoft's Spanish language problems
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 16, 2002, 18:21 |
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Quoting Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
> czHANg wrote:
> The English version of the Microsoft Word
> >program does not give the same synonyms. Homosexual was equated with
> >``gay'' or ''lesbian'' and Indian was ``cave dweller,'' ``ancient
> > tribe'' or ``aborigine.''
>
> I don't think I'd like this either if I were of Indian descent,
> particularly not if of the Bharat variety ...
Generally agreed, but to be fair, the term "American Indian"
is often considered less patronizing by many of the peoples
it describes than "Native American" is. (Of course, this does
not legitimize these other synonyms.)
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Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right
University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of
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Chicago, IL 60637
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