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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-08 10:50 AM
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A gift for Ralph Nader and others
Many people would probably classify Otto von Bismark as a white man, but even if we knew that Otto von Bismark spoke both German and English, we wouldn't say that Otto von Bismark spoke German and White. "White" is not the name of a language.

"White" also fails to describe any particular mode of action.

However, we can say that someone speaks the language of articulate English-speaking Americans.

That's long-winded, so here is a convenient abbreviation: white-onics.
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