What did you learn today?

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Originally Posted by Teuthida

I finally learned why "Eskimo" (Esquimaux) is considered pejorative. It's considered to mean "eaters of raw meat". Though there seem to be two other unoffensive possible meanings: "snowshoe netter" and "people who speak a different language".

Yeah "eaters of raw meat" is so offensive because they never... oh wait.

Actually I don't know if they ever eat raw meat. And I've been saying Inuit in the last years.

A few weeks ago I learned that the often used term 'horeca' is short for hotel, restaurant and café. It's only used in Holland though.