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>this was posted on another list. the rant gets on a roll toward the end ;)
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>The ending -i to form an ethnic designator is not a general production
>in standard English, although a trend in colloquial English is to use it
>for Hook-Nosed Evil Enemies. This trend is semi-literate, and although
>we disagree about the need for literacy in a democracy, this is not a
>matter of democracy but a matter of not appearing a dunce in public.
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>You would appear better informed in your comments about the Afghans if
>you bothered to learn what they are called.
<http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=afghani>
Af·ghan·i (f-gn, -gän) adj.
Of or relating to Afghanistan; Afghan. n. pl. Af·ghan·is
A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; an Afghan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Pashto afghn, from afghn, Afghan.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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afghani adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people [syn: Afghani, Afghan, Afghanistani, afghanistani] n 1: the basic unit of money in Afghanistan 2: an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan [syn: Pashto, Paxto, Afghani, Afghan]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University