Re: Postcards

Posted in 2006

Richard Spitz — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:11:19 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Keith Simmons" <smiley73@googlemail.com> schrieb: >[...] with a melanistic condition (excessive dark colouration)[...] >the N.American Puma. There is no know evidence of this subspecis being >melanistic. Please enlighten me: Is "melanistic" the new politically correct euphemism for "black"? Please, no offense intended. This is a "for real" question by a non- native American English speaker. Regards, Richard

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Keith Simmons — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:25:51 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Richard I am also a 'non-native American English speaker' (I'm on the better side of the pond :-) ). Melanistic could be deemed to a euphemism for black, but more precisely it means unusually dark or black pigmentation where this is not the norm - the opposite of an albino which has an absence of normal (or any) pigmentation. Keith On 17/10/06, Richard Spitz <Richard.Spitz@med.uni-muenchen.de> wrote: > "Keith Simmons" <smiley73@googlemail.com> schrieb: > > >[...] with a melanistic condition (excessive dark colouration)[...] > > >the N.American Puma. There is no know evidence of this subspecis being > >melanistic. > > Please enlighten me: Is "melanistic" the new politically correct > euphemism for "black"? > > Please, no offense intended. This is a "for real" question by a non- > native American English speaker. > > Regards, Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >