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Re: A Question of Usage - Reinhold
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Sheila Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 Sep 2001 08:44:57 -0700
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Please remove my email address from your email list, and please ask the other folks to do the same.  God Bless America!
Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Reinhold Schlieper [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:34 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: A Question of Usage - Reinhold

Al-Saud is the clan name of the ruling family.  I suggest not that all
Saudis have problems with balancing religion and secular interests; I
suggest that the ruling Sauds have such problems.  I think Crown Prince
Adbdullah's prime task has been to deal with the religious element in
the country while King Fahad [Al-Saud] may come across as more the
open-minded secular statesman--which is not a sexist term for Saudi
Arabia <g>.

==Best, Reinhold

Gretchen Lee wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/17/2001 5:43:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Sauds >>
>
> Reinhold,
>
> I have seen most references to people from Saudi Arabia as "Saudis," and many
> references to people from Afghanistan as "Afghans."  (I always thought that
> Afghans were either blankets or hounds!)
>
> Do you know if there a preferred way of referencing these two groups-
> Sauds/Saudis or Afghans/Afghanis?  Or, is it just another tag we have hung on
> an ethnic group?  (I have such information overload that I can't face the
> research!)
>
> Thanks,
> Gretchen in San Jose
> [log in to unmask]
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