Fun_People Archive
9 Jul
Who do you want to insult today?

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Tue,  9 Jul 96 10:30:06 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Who do you want to insult today?

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	...

    Used by up to 200,000 people in Mexico, a country whose population
    is mainly descended from Aztec and Maya Indians, the Microsoft
    program sugggested as alternatives for the word "Indian:"
    "man-eater" or "savage."

    Consulted for synonyms for "Western," the Spanish language program
    gave "Aryan," "white" and "civilized."  Lesbians were equated with
    "pervert" and "depraved person."

http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/960705/international/stories/microsoft_1.html

© 1996 Peter Langston