[Buddha-l] What's wrong with a little Dharma?

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 16:11 +0100, Stephen Hodge wrote:

> I wish that you people who use the expresson "Brits" could get it into their
> heads that most of us over here dislike that derogatory abbreviation --

I never knew this for sure, but always assumed that people found it
offensive. (If they don't, they damn well should!) I suppose it provokes
about the same reaction as when people refer to citizens of the USA as
Yankees (or Yanks). As a matter of curiosity, what expression is not
offensive when one wants to refer collectively to people who live in
Great Britain?

> The tone of your comment shows that it is derogatory.

Don't mind Dan. Derogation is the only rhetorical mode he knows.

> The only people who use it here are those idiots who think that
> it is cool to ape US "English".

Some might find the term "idiot" offensive. (That's probably why you
used it, I would guess.) How about refering to such people as "those who
are not as eager as I to take offence at everything Americans say" or
simply "people with whom I disagree or from whose tastes mine differ"?

-- 
Richard Hayes