Re: Chinese & Mayan writing systems

From: Jacques Guy (jguy_at_alphalink.com.au)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:13:54 -0700

Rolleston wrote:
 
> LEE Sau Dan wrote:
> [...]
> >Strange. "Chinaman" is not in the same line as "Englishman",
> >"Dutchman", "Frenchman". If you want a parallel to these latter
> >terms, you should say "Chineseman" instead.
 
> I see a "New Englandman" or two on the net.

Just for the hell of it, I asked Google for "Northman". 11,800 hits.
Then "Norseman". 135,000 hits.

And finally... "Norman". 8,110,000 hits!

As a Normandy-born Norman, of Norman parents, Norman
grandparents and so on, I feel that a class action
is appropriate.

BTW, I found 106,000 occurrences of "Chinaman".
Yes, I do feel a class action is appropriate there
too, but seeing that there are about a billion of
you and only at the most 10 million of us... you
don't stand to make as much as we do, individually.

Still, good luck to you! I mean... break a leg!

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