Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 14:45, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Jaldhar H. Vyas writes:
> >
> >To add to the idiocy, in Great Britain Asian refers exclusively to people
> >from the Indian subcontinent not Orientals, er, Asians.
>
> That's news to me. Who told you that rubbish?
"The Asian community" is often used when referring to people from India,
Pakistan etc. I wouldn't say it refers "exclusively" but it also isn't
complete rubbish.
For example:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/business/asiandemographics.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/
"british asian" and "brixton asian community" on google show many other
examples.
Ian.
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.
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