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Re: 15 million fools

Subject Re: 15 million fools
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From Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk>
Date 2016-01-04 20:10 +0000
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On 4 Jan 2016  "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:19:43 -0000, Peter T. Daniels
> <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:

>> On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 7:30:01 PM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
>>> On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 21:47:32 -0000, Peter T. Daniels
>>> <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 2:28:17 PM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:11:45 -0000, Peter T. Daniels
>>>>> <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 1:36:30 PM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Hindis here speak very clearly and use proper English, but leave no
>>>>>>> spaces between the words.  Easy to understand if you can prevent
>>>>>>> yourself from laughing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Hindi" is a language, not a person.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't be so pedantic.  Hindis are clearly people who speak Hindi.  If
>>>>> I'd called them Indians you might have thought I meant American
>>>>> Indians.
>>>>
>>>> No, I wouldn't have, (a) because we don't use that term much any more,
>>>
>>> What do you call them then?
>>
>> In Canada, "First Nations." In the US, "Native Americans."

> Don't tell me, "Indians" is now politically incorrect?

And anywhere in Africa, "native" is politically incorrect.

Peter.

-- 
Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004.
(US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist)  (AUE Os)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK.           Now happily retired.
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk

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15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-30 18:42 +0000
  Re: 15 million fools "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-30 19:12 +0000
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-30 19:21 +0000
    Re: 15 million fools Simon Grushka <s.grushka83@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 14:14 -0800
  Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-30 22:19 -0500
    Re: 15 million fools James Hogg <Jas.Hogg@gOUTmail.com> - 2015-12-31 09:22 +0100
      Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-31 04:31 -0800
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:13 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:12 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:00 -0500
          Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 17:47 +1100
            Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-01 08:16 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 19:30 +1100
            Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 06:41 -0800
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:59 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:44 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:48 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:24 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:46 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 12:28 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-02 15:04 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 12:03 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 20:51 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:58 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:02 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-03 19:14 +0100
                Re: 15 million fools the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 19:19 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 09:02 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:57 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-01 12:10 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 20:18 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:47 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 20:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:48 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 12:55 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:05 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:09 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:51 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 12:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:53 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:03 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 10:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 07:12 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2016-01-01 17:02 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-02 01:43 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:58 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:52 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:47 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:57 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:54 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:44 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:55 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 11:09 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 19:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:32 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:25 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 11:56 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 17:21 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:44 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:38 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 23:12 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-05 22:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 22:04 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 20:09 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-06 11:10 -0800
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:11 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:36 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 18:12 +1100
          Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 06:48 -0800
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:17 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 11:00 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:46 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:54 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2016-01-01 12:27 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 20:34 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 12:57 -0800
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:05 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:41 -0500
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:46 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:52 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2016-01-02 22:03 -0700
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 21:48 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-03 17:34 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-03 11:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:40 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 10:13 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-03 16:15 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 16:43 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 17:36 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 18:36 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 11:11 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 19:28 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 13:47 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-04 00:07 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:13 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 10:24 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:13 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-06 13:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 19:04 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:19 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 11:58 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:30 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2016-01-04 20:02 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2016-01-04 20:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 13:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Reinhold {Rey} Aman <aman@sonic.net> - 2016-01-03 18:18 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:58 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:40 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:06 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2016-01-02 17:29 -0800
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
  Re: 15 million fools CDB <bellemarecd@gmail.com> - 2015-12-31 08:31 -0500
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 16:46 +0000

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