Re: Mr. Mrs. Ms. Sir or Madame

Just how things go, likely we use "Eskimo" is the locals accept
it. But we have more than one type, some that Canada has namely
Inuit/Inupiaq, but as you get further in, towards St. Lawrence
Island, and Bethel area, then you have Yupik/Chupik, who prefer
to be called Yupik or Chupik last I checked. So to have a word
for all of the various peoples, we use Eskimo. As long as the
derived words that are offensive are used.. Wild how a single
syllable can change the meaning of a word.

Siberian Yupiks seem to prefer to be called Siberian Yupik.

Much like if you want to annoy someone. Example I have found,
say Masiq to someone from down river, they do get annoyed, since
Masiq is how they say it up river. Versus Basi or Anabasiq or
Basiq. I don't quite get it right.

Wild is when both get near a Navajo or Aache speakers, they can
talk in basic concepts.. They are related languages after all.

I wonder if Esperanto will have these fun times? I expect it
will. There is already I hear some differences in how some speak
it? Or is that one of the other Constructed Lingos (I love using
the term Lingo, sort of related to Lingua).

Mike



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Campbell" <campbell.2006@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Mr. Mrs. Ms. Sir or Madame


In Canada, I guess calling someone an eskimo would be kind of
offensive,
but doing it would make you look like an idiot probably. I'm
Canadian.
-John

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