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Posted on 4/13/16 at 1:18 pm to retired trucker
It's all just the way words, vowels and consonants, sound when they are strung together.
These sound fine and no one is offended:
France - Frenchman
English - Englishman
Mostly citizens of certain countries are named by adding -n, or -an, to the end;
South Africa - South African
Egypt - Egyptian
Canada - Canadian
Mexico - Mexican
Cuba - Cuban
Then there's Spaniard (not spanishman), Filipino( not Phillipian), and Dane (not Denmarkian). Who knows why? Who cares?
Making an issue about Chinaman (should it be Chinan, or Chino, or Chinian?) is random and absurd. No pejorative is intended nor should it be perceived that way.
PC police run amok!
These sound fine and no one is offended:
France - Frenchman
English - Englishman
Mostly citizens of certain countries are named by adding -n, or -an, to the end;
South Africa - South African
Egypt - Egyptian
Canada - Canadian
Mexico - Mexican
Cuba - Cuban
Then there's Spaniard (not spanishman), Filipino( not Phillipian), and Dane (not Denmarkian). Who knows why? Who cares?
Making an issue about Chinaman (should it be Chinan, or Chino, or Chinian?) is random and absurd. No pejorative is intended nor should it be perceived that way.
PC police run amok!
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