Having grown up in Sacramento, I know the word stands for "City of the Blessed
Sacrament". Isn't this an offense to non-Christians? And to non-Spanish-speaking
people? Perhaps we should just change it to honor the founder, John Sutter. Except
there's already a city in California named Sutterville. And wouldn't that be an
offense to the native Americans who were already here?
At least here in Seattle, the name was chosen to honor chief Sealth, whose name is
pronounced like "Seattle". and Tacoma is the native american name for Mount Rainier.
That's something, anyway.
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> From: Richards.Bob
> Reply To: Linux on 390 Port
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)
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> Except that Sacramento is a Spanish word. Are we to be politically correct in
> multiple languages? <grin>
>
> Bob
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ward, Garry
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 12:02 PM
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> Yeah, put you gave them an idea, unfortunately.
>
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> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Fargusson.Alan
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:33 AM
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> Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County
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> Several years ago (around 1990 I think) the county of Sacramento changed the term
> "man hole cover" to "maintenance cover". They purposely kept the M and C because
> the covers have MC stamped on them.
>
> Now they are going to change the name of Sacramento to Sacrapeopleto.
>
> Just kidding on that last one 8-)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Schaffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County
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>
> When I read the following portion:
>
> "... someone within the County bureaucracy b a person who probably
> didn't understand computer terminology b had taken offense at
> 'master/slave' references and complained to the board, whereupon the
> Internal Services Department was obligated to issue notification
> requesting that vendors refrain from using that terminology."
>
> I really wondered about the sanity of the County. If a person says, "I
> am offended by the the word "computer" - is the ISD really *"obligated"*
> to request ... ? I.e. is there any limit to what people can claim to
> find offensive?
>
> By the way, an electrical circuit design text copyrighted 1975 uses
> the "master/slave" terminology. So this is a long-standing technology
> usage.
> --
> --henry schaffer
>
> P.S. Will "male" and "female" connectors be next?
>
>
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