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I wouldn't touch this one with a shit stick.
Shit, of course (according to my copy of the OED) is OE, OFr, Oteut., and
if you don't recognize those abreviations, don't bother to respond.
And thanks; I needed a laugh today.
Jack C. Thompson
Scottish-anglo derived; up the English....
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On Tue, 3 Sep 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> "ANGLO-American" would refer only to people who are descendents of the
> Angles, in other words the English. "EURO-American" includes everyone from
> any place in Europe. As most American descendents of Europeans are mutts
> with grandparents from every which way, this term is much more accurate.
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> As to common useage, I think one's familiarity with the term might depend
> upon one's subject of specialization. In some fields it is very common. I
> just used the term frequently in my thesis.
>
> Beth Hansen
> John F Kennedy University ALUMA!!!
>
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