Arri London wrote:
> Kenneth Coble wrote:
>>
>> Jenn Ridley wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>>> That's life at high altitude Charlie. Doesn't bother anyone that
>>>>> I've noticed.
>>>>
>>>> Didn't notice me eh? ;-)
>>>
>>> Do you live there? then it doesn't really matter.
>>>
>>> FWIW, *I* knew what Anglo means in that context, and I don't even
>>> live there.
>>>
>>> jenn
>>
>> Well, for what it's worth, I had some friends of various
>> Carribean/Central American backgrounds while I was in school in
>> Miami who called all non-black, non-Carribean/Central American,
>> non-Asian people "Anglos." I took to referring to them all as
>> "Mexican" and they got the point and at least stopped calling _me_
>> an Anglo. Of course, they'd still call my 2nd generation
>> Irish-American roomate an Anglo, which ****ed him off much more than
>> it had ever bothered me, and tended to prompt long speeches about
>> the Sassenach history of oppressing his people, etc...
>>
>> Just my $0.02,
>>
>> Ken "German/French/Scotch Irish-American" Coble
>>
>
>
> Some people make a fuss about anything, don't they. I don't get
> offended when people in the US call me American in a generic context.
> (hint: I'm not American)

I didn't get offended, I just thought it was funny to point it out what I
saw as the silliness of the "Anglo" terminology to my buddies. And have no
fear, I won't call you an American (grin). If it helps, our other roomate
would have encouraged people to call him an "Anglo," since his last name was
English...

And I'll add this, to be safe... I'm not annoyed at anyone, and I'm enjoying
this thread. I'm one of those lurkers on this group who really like to see
some good new posts, but don't have the background or the spare time to
contribute all that often (only once in the past 6 months or so, in my
case). Although if I don't start making any progress in my current quest
('town' food in the U.S. Old West, since I already have some good info on
'cowboy' or trail cooking) I might be posting again in a week, hat in
hand...

Sincerely (and no hard feelings or axe to grind, honest!),
--
Ken Coble

"As a military man your lordship may hold out the sword of war, and
call it the "ultima ratio regum": the last reason of kings; we in
return can show you the sword of justice, and call it "the best scourge
of tyrants." - Thomas Paine, "The Crisis"