Posted on 10/25/2024 11:02:11 PM PDT by libh8er
Man on the street interviews
Hmm. Journal Square is now India Square. Interesting.
All for Trump - amazing!
No wonder Indians are doing so well in America - they use their brains!
Sometimes we must make accommodations to the common parlance.
Which one sounds best to your ear? Is there a better alternative to the 1st sentence?
Where are you coming from?
From where are you coming?
Whence comest thou?
Not that I can think of here.
And?
Which one sounds best to your ear?
Not much of a standard; supposing I’m from a ghetto in LA or Philly? Good grammar, syntax and English would sound ridiculous to me.
How about, “You’re coming from where?”
I think the formerly “Red” indians are now termed Native Americans
A misnomer.
I was born here, as were my parents and grandparents,
we are native Americans.
True. There is no good term - except perhaps the Canadian “First nations”
Don’t be fooled. The indo-american vote in the past has voted Democrat over Republican 95:5. Google it yourself.
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