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

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Friday, October 17, 2003, 18:49
--- Stone Gordonssen
<stonegordonssen@...> wrote:
> >Asian is different on account of it being the > >adjective of a continent name. Like "European" > or > > The choice of using "Asian" in opposition to > "Oriental" in the USA is not > continental - it's socially reactive.
Um. We may be talking about two different things. I'm talking about capitalisation...
> Yet if a group of people take a label > to identify themselves for > social strength/unity, I will use the term they > choose so long as it isn't > intended to be offensive to others.
Same here. However, I capitalise it according to my usage. I capitalise such a name when its derived from a place name (like Asian), but will not when it's a colour (like white). Padraic. ===== - Nos côsez yen fin xristianós et trancouil - Côsez-el a Ddon! -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .