An e-mail exchange between me and a coworker today:
Me:
I found an error under the "race" category on the [international] form. "Asian" was misspelled. I fixed it on the other internat. form and can change the US form for you if you tell me its location.
Coworker:
Thanks for checking. I checked the domestic form and Asian is spelled Asian. Is Asian correct? Or is there a different way to spell Asian? Please let me know how to spell Asian.
thank you
[Coworker] the Caucasian
P.S. Notice how the word "asian" is also present in the word Caucasian. Why is this? Please let me know this also.
Me:
My forms said "Asisan." If you were transliterating from Russian, you could spell Asian "aezhen."
Speaking of Russia, the Caucasus Mountains are in Russia. Russia's in Europe and Asia. The Caucasians must have come from the eastern side of the mountains. I'm guessing they killed off all the Caucopeans. If it weren't for their decisive and glorious (or "slavic," as the Russians would say) victory, gunpowder, fine china, teriyaki, and finely decorated Easter eggs would never have made it to the West.
Coworker:
This all makes sense. Thanks for the history lesson. I'm accepting it as gospel, no matter what anyone else claims.
Posted by jonhanneman at March 8, 2006 9:07 PM | TrackBack