I've been speaking English all my life(cool story bro...I know) and during this time I've noticed some things, here are a few of them.
1. the naming scheme for different parts of different continents. Examples
Europe:
North-ERN Europe
South-ERN Europe
Africa:
North Africa(region)
South-ERN Africa(region)
South Africa(country)
Asia:
East Asia
South Asia
South-West Asia
South-East Asia
Why is the "ern" suffix used so inconsistently?
Also there are different names for different places depending on the time period were talking about, and I don't mean like the difference between "Roman Britania" and "England" I mean like when you talk about the Ancient middle east it is referred to as the "Near East" and when you talk about pre-Columbian Central America it is called "Mesoamerica".
2. Names for different "races" in the USA, for people of East and South-East Asian continental descent the term "Yellow" is heavily frowned upon, while for people of European and African descent the terms "Black" and "White" are the standard(and "politically correct") way of referring to these groups. Also, the term "Brown" is not as often used as an everyday identifier for people of Latin American, Middle-Eastern or South Asian descent, except when making ironic points about historic and present day racism and prejudice. Also the term "colored people" referring to non-Whites is considered at the very least old fashioned and often mildly offensive, while the nearly identical term "people of color" is considered the politically correct term for the group.
I know some of my examples were sort of political but I just wanted to share some random things I noticed about the English language and I was curious what all of y'all had noticed.
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1. the naming scheme for different parts of different continents. Examples
Europe:
North-ERN Europe
South-ERN Europe
Africa:
North Africa(region)
South-ERN Africa(region)
South Africa(country)
Asia:
East Asia
South Asia
South-West Asia
South-East Asia
Why is the "ern" suffix used so inconsistently?
Also there are different names for different places depending on the time period were talking about, and I don't mean like the difference between "Roman Britania" and "England" I mean like when you talk about the Ancient middle east it is referred to as the "Near East" and when you talk about pre-Columbian Central America it is called "Mesoamerica".
2. Names for different "races" in the USA, for people of East and South-East Asian continental descent the term "Yellow" is heavily frowned upon, while for people of European and African descent the terms "Black" and "White" are the standard(and "politically correct") way of referring to these groups. Also, the term "Brown" is not as often used as an everyday identifier for people of Latin American, Middle-Eastern or South Asian descent, except when making ironic points about historic and present day racism and prejudice. Also the term "colored people" referring to non-Whites is considered at the very least old fashioned and often mildly offensive, while the nearly identical term "people of color" is considered the politically correct term for the group.
I know some of my examples were sort of political but I just wanted to share some random things I noticed about the English language and I was curious what all of y'all had noticed.