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

[Nathan Steele]

While we're on the subject, is the word "yank" dismissive/derogatory to 
describe Americans?


>From: "Stephen Hodge" <s.hodge at padmacholing.freeserve.co.uk>
>Reply-To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
>To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
>Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] What's wrong with a little Dharma?
>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:43:46 +0100
>
>F.K. Lehman wrote:
>
>>Thus, for many speakers, it is not the very word 'Brit' that offends but 
>>rather its use in what one may call serious, semi-formal, perhaps even 
>>quasi-scholarly discourse or discussion as, for instance, on a scholarly 
>>Listserv such as Buddha-l.
>
>Yes, well put !  But also the term "Brit" surfaced in anti-British IRA 
>parlance and was probably popularized in the US by the supporters of NORAID 
>and their ilk.  Given that context it was obviously not meant to be 
>complementary.
>
>As far as I can see, all abbreviations of countries / nationalities are 
>dismissive or derogatory, with the probable exception of Aussie, and so 
>should be avoided despite the fact that some unthinking people even here 
>use it.
>
>Best wishes,
>Stephen Hodge
>
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