Posted by John Lambert on November 30, 2006 at 23:21:25 from 24.80.117.76 user John.
In Reply to: Re: coals to.. was'Teach Your Grandmother' posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on November 29, 2006 at 21:01:40:
No you didn't get it wrong, Andrew. Only thing that bothers me is that politically correct term for Eskimos. It was changed (in Canada, anyway) because it turns out that "Eskimo" was the Cree Indian word meaning "eaters of raw meat." Now we're not supposed to call the other native inhabitants of Canada Indians any more - the latest name is First Nations. But I make it a point to use the politically incorrect name whenever I can. Nobody's going to tell me how to speak my own langauge. Wonder how Nancy would have reacted to having her speech corrected several times a day by the language police. Pass the helmet, Peter.