tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8970294005717153150..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Justin Bieber thinks he's NativeRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-24383186989139861972012-09-01T03:04:17.212-07:002012-09-01T03:04:17.212-07:00Right, but isn't "Inuit" also the ad...Right, but isn't "Inuit" also the adjectival form? Isn't it correct to say, "I am an Inuk" but "I am Inuit" (ethnically)? <br /><br />If my understanding is correct, I don't think Bieber got that part wrong.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-22457599713949960822012-07-28T09:46:48.017-07:002012-07-28T09:46:48.017-07:00Also, inuit is the plural form of inuk, "true...Also, <i>inuit</i> is the plural form of <i>inuk</i>, "true man" (as opposed to shapeshifters).<br /><br />I know, political correctness. (Hilariously, it comes from linguistic relativity, which uses as its main support the apocryphal story about Eskimo words for snow, making political correctness itself racist.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com