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Re: OT: [Let_It_Be_Forever_Islam] THE WORLD OF THE JINN

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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

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