From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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Date: | Friday, October 17, 2003, 13:42 |
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 03:05:18PM +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:> "Asian" isn't really relevant here - the adjectives (and therefrom derived > nouns) refering to the continents are always capitalized.Other way around, I think: the adjective "Asian" is derived from the noun "Asia". Unless "Asia" was originally a back-formation? -Mark
Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> | |
John Cowan <jcowan@...> |