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[Gerrit Holl]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> Skip Montanaro fed this fish to the penguins on Monday 20 October 2003 
> 10:08 am:
> 
> > 
> > Yes, but it's sort of like the Eskimos ("arctic native americans"?) 
> 
>         I believe (but will admit that there is a chance that it is a 
> localized group) that "Eskimo" has been superceded by "Inuit". (Which, 
> to most of the US, is probably on par with stating that <> has been 
> superceded by !=)

The people are called Inuit. Eskimo is a European term, meaning "flesh
eater". It is not used by the Inuit, since it is not a kind name.

yours,
Gerrit.

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