Peter T. Daniels wrote: On Aug 18, 7:30 pm, "CDB" <bellema...@sympatico.ca> wrote: Peter T. Daniels wrote: [...] [...] We don't say "He's a Jew" as an ordinary description/identification; we say "He's Jewish." Likewise not "He's a Chinaman," but "He's Chinese." Is it just coincidence that the ethnic groups for which such pairs exist are ones that in the past --