Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.
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dirty barry,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:31,
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it's chink
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monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:33,
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nomenclature = a system for naming.
is this what you meant?
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urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:35,
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I believe
he meant the system for naming chinese people in general.
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F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed.,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:40,
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preferred by whom?
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Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:46,
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Chinaman
is seen as a derogatory term.
Except in cricket, where it as a type of delivery from a spin bowler.
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F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed.,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:49,
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is it?
what about Irishman?
Welshman?
Scotsman?
edit: I just looked it up - I really had no idea, as I do not use the term in a derogatory way!
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Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:53,
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Yes it is.
I don't make the rules up.
Chineseman isn't derogatory. That would equate with Englishman, Scotsman Welshman, Irishman.
A Chinaman is a left-arm slow delivery as bowled by E.E. Achong - a West Indian bowler of chinese descent.
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F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed.,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:59,
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John Goodman
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dirty barry,
Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:51,
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