Felipe Sateler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Hindu is an adjective that describes someone whose faith is >> hinduism. It is not a language. > And, according to Merriam-Webster[1], a native or inhabitant from India. > [1] http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hindoo There are scattered bits of imperialism in the English language that went in when the people speaking it didn't care about fine distinctions, such as the religions of people they were conquering or the difference between a religion and an ethnicity. It's probably best to not preserve them. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
