Re:"One Student One Chip" Course Homepage
by Hendrikto on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:48AM
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> referring to a person solely by their nationality (e.g., when you wrote "as a Chinese") is considered rude or uncouth
I don’t think that applies when referring to yourself, as the parent did.
Re:"One Student One Chip" Course Homepage
by gudzpoz on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @10:25AM
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Thank you! It would indeed require extra effort for me to notice issues like this, and it is very nice of you to have pointed it out!
Speaking of personal devices, I also have a dedicated key binding for en dashes “–” (because, well, I already have a whole tap layer for APL symbols, and it costs nothing to add one more). Since we're on HN, I believe many people here can easily do that if they wish to, so I too don't think en/em dashes are very telling, especially on HN.
(...and of course we have an xkcd for it: https://xkcd.com/3126/ )
On another note, it may be useful to you to know that in most English dialects, referring to a person solely by their nationality (e.g., when you wrote "as a Chinese") is considered rude or uncouth, and it may mark your speech/writing as non-native. It is generally preferable to use nationalities as adjective rather than nouns (e.g., "as a Chinese person"). The two main exceptions are when employing metonymy, such as when referring to a nation's government colloquially (e.g., "the Chinese will attend the upcoming UN summit") or when using the nationality to indicate broad trends among the population of the nation (e.g., "the Chinese sure know how to cook!"). I hope this is considered a helpful interjection rather than an unwelcome one, but if not, I apologize!