Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 18:17 -0500, Tea BeeDi wrote: >> I feel that by allochtoon they mean alag tone >> after asking my friends to indicate/identify to me some allochtoonen > > it's true that allochtoon seems to be used mainly for non-whites; > however, technically, poles (and even germans) are also allochtoon, but > that's just less noticeable.
Just a quick note: in American English, "autochthon" has no real connotations at all. It is a very rare word. I would not be surprised if other languages had very different usages for cognates. Perry
