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deadbluebird -> RE: Pet peeve/rant (3/10/2007 12:11:20 AM)
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I can't belive you included native-americans in this rant.
"If you are native, you are native. You are either an American or you are not."
Main Entry:
1na·tive [image]http://209.161.33.50/images/audio.gif[/image]
Pronunciation:
\ˈnā-tiv\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English natif, from Middle French, from Latin nativus, from natus, past participle of nasci to be born — more at nation
Date:
14th century
1: inborn, innate <native talents>2: belonging to a particular place by birth <native to Wisconsin>3archaic : closely related4: belonging to or associated with one by birth5: natural, normal6 a: grown, produced, or originating in a particular place or in the vicinity : local b: living or growing naturally in a particular region : indigenous7: simple, unaffected8 a: constituting the original substance or source b: found in nature especially in an unadulterated form <mining native silver>9chiefly Australian : having a usually superficial resemblance to a specified English plant or animal10capitalized : of, relating to, or being a member of an aboriginal people of North or South America : native american— na·tive·ly adverb — na·tive·ness noun synonyms native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal mean belonging to a locality. native implies birth or origin in a place or region and may suggest compatibility with it <native tribal customs>. indigenous applies to species or races and adds to native the implication of not having been introduced from elsewhere <maize is indigenous to America>. endemic implies being peculiar to a region <edelweiss is endemic in the Alps>. aboriginal implies having no known race preceding in occupancy of the region <the aboriginal peoples of Australia>.
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