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It's whitewashing of the world . Take for example the Monk Fruit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraitia_grosvenorii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraitia_gr
by fma 6y ago
It's whitewashing of the world .
Take for example the Monk Fruit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraitia_grosvenorii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraitia_grosvenorii
Known in China...but scientific name attributed to the westerner who "found it" in the 1930s.
It's very common if you are cognizant of it.
- markalexander 6y agoHardly. We don't often use Chinese words in English regardless of the context, presumably because English speakers find the terms difficult to remember or hard to pronounce. Chinese does exactly the same thing. I mean, is 盲文 [1] 'yellow' (euch--your terminology) washing? It meets the same standard. And how about China claiming to have invented high-speed rail, mobile payments and ecommerce? [2] No cries of racism for that one? Strange. There are many parallel examples. Edit: [1] 盲文 lit. blind language aka Braille in English, after its creator. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_new_inventions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_new_inventions
- fma 6y agoWhat? I don't read Chinese but Google translate tells me that 盲文 is Braille, and individually it breaks down to "Blind text". The same standard would be if China took the word "Braille" and then in Chinese, it is named after the first Chinese person who read Braille. If you think English speakers have an easy time saying "Siraitia grosvenorii", the scientific name, named after the "discover" Grosvenor, then you have some serious delusions.
- stevespang 6y agoWell, it certainly wasn't a bunch of guys with spears living in huts that put men on the moon - - go figure. Those with superior brains deserve the recognition and the spoils.
- gowld 6y agoIt's not whitewashing, it's academicwashing.