<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=20157 >
Sorry to bring this back up, but calling all 'Eskimos' inuit is wrong. All Inuits are Eskimos, whereas not all Eskimos are inuits. A Yupik would be far more offended at being called an Inuit than they would an Eskimo. Wikipedia helps here: You can include the Alutiiq, Inupiaq, Sug'piak, and Yup'ik Eskimo populations of Alaska, or the Yupik population of Eastern Russia. "Inuit" refers to Arctic Native populations in Canada. Most Inuit do not call themselves "Eskimo", and many find the latter term highly offensive. The speakers of the Yupik languages don't usually share this view, often self-identify as Eskimo, and hate to be called Inuit. The term "Eskimo" is still used in Alaska to refer to the state's Arctic peoples in general, whether or not they are Eskimos culturally or linguistically. For example, while some Yupik people prefer to be called "Yup'ik", they do not generally object to being called "Eskimo", but they do not consider themselves "Inuit". [1] [1] = http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/inuitoreskimo.html On 28/08/06, Daniel Markstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=20157 > > > > On 8/28/06, Per I. Mathisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > <URL: > http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=20157 > > > > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Daniel Markstedt wrote: > > > I suggest our "Viking" nation is renamed "Norse" - Vikings were 'only' > > the > > > seafarer/trader/warrior class of Norse society, so it's really a > > misnomer. > > > Thoughts? > > > > I am against this change. Viking is much more well known, and lots of > > people have no idea what 'norse' is. I couldn't even find it on > > www.dictionary.com > > > > Compare for example the wikipedia pages on the two, or see their > > respective number of google hits ;) > > > > - Per > > > > As Jason said in another ticket, Freeciv should educate rather than sticking > to old misconceptions! I bet that "Eskimo" is still a more common word, but > we call our nation "Inuit" because it is right. > > > --Daniel > > > > > > On 8/28/06, Per I. Mathisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > <URL: > http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=20157 > > > > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Daniel Markstedt wrote: > > > I suggest our "Viking" nation is renamed "Norse" - Vikings were 'only' > the > > > seafarer/trader/warrior class of Norse society, so it's really a > misnomer. > > > Thoughts? > > > > I am against this change. Viking is much more well known, and lots of > > people have no idea what 'norse' is. I couldn't even find it on > > www.dictionary.com > > > > Compare for example the wikipedia pages on the two, or see their > > respective number of google hits ;) > > > > - Per > > > As Jason said in another ticket, Freeciv should educate rather than sticking > to old misconceptions! I bet that "Eskimo" is still a more common word, but > we call our nation "Inuit" because it is right. > > > --Daniel > _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
