Oh please. I cannot believe this discussion is even happening and that I
involved myself in it. Of all the linguistic trivia I've run into, this
tops all.
Ken
"Trivia"?? Ken, I guess you have not been listening to the anger of
African-Americans expressed in multiple places over the use of the term,
"refugee." It's perceived/heard, as it should be, as a real insult -
particularly by a people that have been in this country much much longer
than a majority of our emigrant populations - including possibly your
ancestors and most of my own - who probably at the point of arrival did not
even then like being called "refugees" from whatever ill-force.
In this case, I humbly suggest, "trivia" is an odd term, an odd refuge.
Stephen V
> Stephen Vincent wrote:
>
>> "Refugee" connotes (denotes?) people seeking refuge from another country.
>> These are American citizens (George W, his mother's views, and the "send
>> them back to Africa" Confederate wing of the Republican Party not
>> withstanding).
>> "Evacuees" is the comfortable term.
>> Get your sophisticated ear on, Ken!!
>>
>> Stephen V
>>
>>
> Oh please. I cannot believe this discussion is even happening and that I
> involved myself in it. Of all the linguistic trivia I've run into, this
> tops all.
>
> Ken
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