From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-09-01T01:53:13+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] How to spy on the Japanese Rubists

On 8/31/06, Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> wrote:
> On 31 Aug 2006, at 14:25, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > For one, I heared that Eskimos use some tens of various words for
> > different kinds of snow and ice. You get the idea.
> They're called inuits, not eskimos - calling somebody an eskimo is
> like calling them a nigger, i.e. highly offensive - but I'm aware of
> what you mean by the snow/ice thing.

And it was the other first nation tribes that called the Innu
"Eskimo". It means "raw meat eater", IIRC (probably Iroquois). The
things you learn having a teacher as a partner.

-austin
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