"Arri London" > wrote in message
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>
> Olivers wrote:
> >
> > Jenn Ridley extrapolated from data available...
> >
> > > "Charles Gifford" > wrote:
> > >>"Arri London" > wrote in message
> > >>> I haven't met anyone here who resents being called 'Anglo' yet. It's
> > >>> understood to mean 'white' nowadays, so what's to resent if one is
> > >>> white?
> > >>
> > >>Hi! Let me introduce myself. I'm Charlie and I certainly would resent
> > >>being called Anglo. If it is understood by some people to mean white,
> > >>that is a sad commentary on their education.
> > >
> > > You just don't get it, do you?
> > >
> > > He's talking about a specific *regional* use of a word, and you're
> > > getting all bent out of shape by it.
> > >
> > > In the area where Anglo is used in this fashion, it's an acceptable
> > > use of the word.
> > >
> > > It doesn't matter if it's acceptable to you, since you don't live
> > > there.
> >
> > ....as compared to being called gringo, Anglo is certainly the preferred
> > form. Back in the "old days" (and still) in Mexico, ethnic/skin
color/etc.
> > prejudices led to the widespread use of such terms as gachupine,
criollo,
> > mestizo, and indio, all descriptive of racial admixture or lack of it.
> >
> > TMO
>
> There's still some of that round here. And I imagine if I understood
> more Vietnamese, I'd hear another version still.

Hee, hee! I've heard lots of "Mick" and Paddy" and all the jokes. Oh, and
don't call me a Yankee! My next door neighbors are Vietnamese, uh-oh!
Another version!

Charlie