I don't know about comfort levels in using either me or I , but when
someone says it's me I don't even notice. It has become so near
universal that it really does not register with me when someone says it.
If they say it's I, though, I do notice. That is rare enough that it
does catch my attention. Anyway, I'm too busy being annoyed at every
piddling thing being called awesome. Argh!
On 10/31/2015 4:49 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Well, they do call themselves American Indians and so we can call them what
we wish in our minds, but publicly, when writing articles, it's important to
honor their wishes. I'm uncomfortable every time someone says, "It's me".
The correct sentence is, "It is I". But everyone in America has decided to
use the subjective case, rather than the nominative case, as is
grammatically correct. The useage has changed, including, in books.
Miriam
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This is something else that we have covered on this list and my feelings are
the same too. I realize that most native Americans call themselves Indians
and prefer to be called Indians and generally I am in favor of calling
members of a nationality what they want to be called, but I still feel
uncomfortable with the word Indian. I feel uncomfortable with it because it
is the legacy of Columbus' big gaff. He didn't know where he was and
contrary to his false belief he was not in India. Okay, he didn't realize
just how big the planet was and he did not have the ability to calculate
longitude, but he was still not where he thought he was and the effects of
that really big mistake are still with us.
On 10/31/2015 3:16 PM, Martian.Lady wrote:
Hi
I have always been a rallier for American Indians. I don't use
Native American because the people I have come in contact with don't
like that term. I was on a list where I was the only White person. I
learned so very much. I had a person from the list who I greatly
admired. He probably has died now. he was losing his sight so I
would make the E-Mails in larger and thinker letters. The list fell
apart when one of the leaders fell ill. What a wonderful experience it
was.
Marsha
