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Author Topic: "Anglo-Saxon" instead of "white"?  (Read 29113 times)
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« Reply #60 on: October 18, 2006, 08:08:32 PM »

"White, Anglo" is a term used to broadly describe Caucasians who speak English, in order to differentiate them from caucasians of Latino heritage.  But Anglo-Saxon is too narrow to even encapsulate the hsitoric English-speakers of the world . . . I dare say, were one to go into a bar in Dublin or Edinborough or Aberystwyth and refer to a patron as an "Anglo-Saxo,"  one'd likely find a celtic Irish, celtic Scottish, or Welsh fist amidst your teeth.





As I have pointed out before, even the term "Caucasian" has doubtful origins, so I don't use it.

And, as I have pointed out before, none of us gets to be the final authority on anything.

But it was very white of you to point that out . . . ;)
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« Reply #61 on: October 21, 2006, 11:52:33 PM »

I've found the email address and will get to the bottom of this (tactfully and kindly, of course).

Thanks for everyone's help.

So? Dija send it? Dija? Dija? Huh huh? What did hu say? Post an update!
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« Reply #62 on: October 22, 2006, 12:29:52 AM »

I'm still waiting for a reply, so either the guy is dead, at a conference, or is ignoring me.  I promise to keep everyone informed as to any outcome, though!
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« Reply #63 on: October 22, 2006, 08:30:29 AM »

I'm still waiting for a reply, so either the guy is dead, at a conference, or is ignoring me.  I promise to keep everyone informed as to any outcome, though!

Wild guess: the guy realized he was using the term A/S incorrectly, that is, as a synonym for white, and is now embarrassed.

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