29 Apr
2011
29 Apr
'11
9:48 p.m.
On 30 Apr 2011 at 1:07, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
Yes, or sometimes "Asian Indian". For the local variety, often
"Native American". It can get to be quite confusing, occasionally
requiring some adjectival help. Throw into that mess, the people
from, say, the Phillipines, who are "East Indians".
Another old attempt at disambiguation was "red indian" for our pre-
Columbian inhabitants, but that's largely passed from current usage--
some felt that the term had a negative tone to it.
But that's because some stupid European didn't know where he was and
got everything confused.
When I was young, I wondered why any 19th century European would
write a novel about Hoosiers...
--Chuck
I currently
don't have a workbench. I work on the floor, sitting
Indian-style. Does that statement extend to, "No workbench is a
sign of no mind"? :)
But aren't you from India? Maybe things are different there :)
Hum...how do you call people from India in english? Indians?