Q. What can I say instead of Indian giver?
The closest I can think of is “insincere giver” or simply “trader,” in other words someone who expects something in return for giving a gift. Indian giver derives from the alleged practise of American Indians of taking back gifts from white settlers.
Q. What’s another term for Indian?
What is another word for Indian?
Table of Contents
- Q. What can I say instead of Indian giver?
- Q. What’s another term for Indian?
- Q. Is it okay to say Indian summer?
- Q. What is the origin of the saying Indian summer?
- Q. Why do they call it Indian giver?
- Q. Is Indian giver politically correct?
- Q. Is the term Indian corn politically correct?
- Q. Who sang Indian giver?
- Q. What does it mean to be an Indian giver?
- Q. Who sang the song Chewy Chewy?
- Q. What year did the song Chewy Chewy come out?
- Q. Where does Tim Corwin live now?
- Q. Who is the lead singer for Ohio Express?
- Q. What happened Ohio Express?
- Q. Where is the group Ohio Express from?
- Q. What do you call Indian summer now?
| Aboriginal | Amerind |
|---|---|
| Amerindian | Desi |
| First Nations | Hindian |
| Indish | Native |
| Native American | American Indian |
Q. Is it okay to say Indian summer?
The AMS says using the phrase is discouraged and claims that it is disrespectful of Native American people. In its place, the AMS chose Second summer – another phrase used to express an unseasonably warm and dry period in autumn in mainly temperate climates of North America.
Q. What is the origin of the saying Indian summer?
The origination of the term Indian Summer first appears over two-hundred years ago. When European settlers first came across the phenomenon in America it became known as the Indian’s Summer. The haziness of the Indian Summer weather was caused by prairie fires deliberately set by Native American tribes.
Q. Why do they call it Indian giver?
Indian giver derives from the alleged practise of American Indians of taking back gifts from white settlers. It is more likely that the settlers wrongly interpreted the Indians’ loans to them as gifts. This term, which is certainly American, may have been coined to denigrate of the native race.
Q. Is Indian giver politically correct?
Alas, it isn’t true that “we can all agree” that the phrase is inappropriate. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an “Indian giver” as “a person who gives something to another and then takes it back or expects an equivalent in return.” The term, the dictionary notes in italics, is “sometimes offensive.”
Q. Is the term Indian corn politically correct?
Today’s politically correct name is Ornamental Corn, but somehow Indian corn seems better.
Q. Who sang Indian giver?
1910 Fruitgum Company
Q. What does it mean to be an Indian giver?
“Indian giver, noun. sometimes offensive. : a person who gives something to another and then takes it back or expects an equivalent in return”
Q. Who sang the song Chewy Chewy?
Ohio Express
Q. What year did the song Chewy Chewy come out?
1968
Q. Where does Tim Corwin live now?
‘I never liked the label from Day 1. I thought it’s damn good rock ‘n’ roll when you play it out live,” said Corwin, 63, who still lives near the band’s original Mansfield, Ohio, home. “I don’t know who these clowns were that did that but I think it’s an insult calling the stuff bubblegum.
Q. Who is the lead singer for Ohio Express?
Joey Levine
Q. What happened Ohio Express?
The Ohio Express today Two of the original touring group members have died: keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter Jim Pfahler died on March 10, 2003 at age 54, and rhythm guitarist Doug Grassel died of lung fibrosis on September 21, 2013 at age 64.
Q. Where is the group Ohio Express from?
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Q. What do you call Indian summer now?
The term has now migrated to other parts of the English speaking world, with newspaper articles in Britain and Australia now mentioning Indian summer. Although in other European countries, such as Germany, an autumn hot spell is traditionally called “old woman’s summer” or “grandmother’s summer.”
