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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Geoff Nunberg #147981 09/15/2005 3:08 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Perhaps "fair-skinned" was insurance. "White" often means "anglo", and if the writer was not sure of the couple's ethnicity (they may have been hispanic?), the safest bet may have been to stick to colour. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted refugees? Father Steve 09/14/2005 10:53 PM Re: refugees? Buffalo Shrdlu 09/14/2005 11:02 PM Geoff Nunberg AnnaStrophic 09/14/2005 11:18 PM Re: Geoff Nunberg Buffalo Shrdlu 09/15/2005 1:05 AM Re: Geoff Nunberg Vernon Compton 09/15/2005 3:08 AM Re: refugees? TEd Remington 09/15/2005 12:53 AM Re: refugees? wsieber 09/15/2005 5:22 AM Re: refugees? tsuwm 09/15/2005 5:39 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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