Posts by Jim Welch
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of course, i meant to spell homogeneous right, as well.... not so good for my credentials as a pedant....
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I dunno that you can even pick this nit really. 'Indigenous' usually refers to people who are the original inhabitants eg. Maori in NZ and for instance Zulu in South Africa. I think the Dropkicks have gone for a less loaded word.
i'll give you an inch, but that's all. you're right that "indigenous" has another, loaded meaning, but "homgeneous" is just wrong. it is nonsense to say that something is 90% homogenous. then it's 10% hetereogeneous? wha'?
can we agree on "native born"?
(ok, i know no-one else cares about this, but this is language, people! words have meanings!) -
Yes, very interesting post. I've always thought that the claims by British sportswriters that NZ "poached" pacific islanders was not only ignorant, but, at base, somehow a bit racist....
Just one nit-picking quibble--I don't think you really mean "homogeneous." That means "made up of identical components." I think maybe you mean "indigenous"?