international
The terms Eskimo and Husky have become officially politically incorrect for the indigenous people in the north.
The word Eskimo was derived from the French word Esquimaux which literally means “flesh eaters”.
Inuit is the preferred name of the handful of surviving inhabitants who were desecrated by Europeans from the 1800s through the 1900s.
However, Inuit is plural [...]
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wordplay
Whenever, I surface from the subways, and confidently head in one direction on an avenue. Inevitably, someone walking beside will notice my keen navigational skill and will ask me,
“Are we going up or down?”
I have two responses*:
1.
“Actually we are going horizontal. Our vertical displacement is zero. What are you stupid?”
Then I glare at the person [...]
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