Re: words...

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Posted by Chris on November 21, 1999 at 00:00:32:

In Reply to: Re: words... posted by Elaine on November 20, 1999 at 22:59:33:

: Chris, interesting points you've made regarding the word "Eskimo." In this case, you have a non-Inuit word which was spoken intently to offend Inuits (those Algonquians again!) ... and in time, has been accepted by some whom it was originally meant to deride.

: Is this the other side of the linguistic coin?

: Elaine

Yes, Elaine. I do believe so.
Chris

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: : Chris, interesting points you've made regarding the word "Eskimo." In this case, you have a non-Inuit word which was spoken intently to offend Inuits (those Algonquians again!) ... and in time, has been accepted by some whom it was originally meant to deride.

: : Is this the other side of the linguistic coin?

: : Elaine

: Yes, Elaine.  I do believe so.
: Chris


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