blake murphy wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:14:46 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>Goomba38 wrote:
>>
>>> Puester wrote:
>>>
>>>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>>>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>>>> mean, and ugly.
>>>>
>>>> gloria p
>>>
>>> I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
>>> they're mean and ugly?
>>> When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
>>> then that fell out of favor and now anything short of
>>> "African-American'is the term, whether someone actually comes from
>>> Africa or America is beside the point? So it does get confusing yet
>>> isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean or ugly. If it isn't being said with
>>> a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or just a different era of language?
>>
>>I think I shall demand to be called a European-American. Thank you all
>>for your compliance. Oh......and Tiburon-American is okay too.
>
> not lamniform-american?

A little too specific; doesn't include all sharks.

I think Selachimorphan-American would work, although it's not very catchy.


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