Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
18:41:17 on Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

You would clearly be surprised how many naturalised foreigners there are
in the country.

If they are naturalised, are they foreigners?

No, and that's the point. People assume that everyone with a "foreign
accent" is a "foreigner".

Some people also assume that of anyone with dark skin.

On 2017\01\12 09:11, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
18:41:17 on Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

You would clearly be surprised how many naturalised foreigners there are
in the country.

If they are naturalised, are they foreigners?

No, and that's the point. People assume that everyone with a "foreign
accent" is a "foreigner".

Some people also assume that of anyone with dark skin.

White Americans tend to call black Londoners "African Americans"!

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:32:45 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\01\12 09:11, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
18:41:17 on Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

You would clearly be surprised how many naturalised foreigners there are
in the country.

If they are naturalised, are they foreigners?

No, and that's the point. People assume that everyone with a "foreign
accent" is a "foreigner".

Some people also assume that of anyone with dark skin.

White Americans tend to call black Londoners "African Americans"!

I hadn't heard that one! Of course, I've also made the mistake of
calling black Americans Afro-Americans.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:58:23 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:32:45 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\01\12 09:11, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
18:41:17 on Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

You would clearly be surprised how many naturalised foreigners there are
in the country.

If they are naturalised, are they foreigners?

No, and that's the point. People assume that everyone with a "foreign
accent" is a "foreigner".

Some people also assume that of anyone with dark skin.

White Americans tend to call black Londoners "African Americans"!

I hadn't heard that one! Of course, I've also made the mistake of
calling black Americans Afro-Americans.

Obviously I'm not keeping up with the exponentially rising curve of
perceived insults any more. What have they decided is wrong with afro-america
now?

--
Spud

wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:58:23 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:32:45 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\01\12 09:11, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
18:41:17 on Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

You would clearly be surprised how many naturalised foreigners there are
in the country.

If they are naturalised, are they foreigners?

No, and that's the point. People assume that everyone with a "foreign
accent" is a "foreigner".

Some people also assume that of anyone with dark skin.

White Americans tend to call black Londoners "African Americans"!

I hadn't heard that one! Of course, I've also made the mistake of
calling black Americans Afro-Americans.

Obviously I'm not keeping up with the exponentially rising curve of
perceived insults any more. What have they decided is wrong with afro-america
now?

The current politically correct term is African-American. Saying
Afro-American implies a comment on their hair-style.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:59:17 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Obviously I'm not keeping up with the exponentially rising curve of
perceived insults any more. What have they decided is wrong with afro-america
now?

The current politically correct term is African-American. Saying
Afro-American implies a comment on their hair-style.

Perhaps these days they'd prefer Nike-tick-american then

--
Spud