Chinaman (term) is almost entirely absent from British English, and has been since before 1965. However, "chinaman" (not capitalized) is still used in an alternative sense to describe a left-arm unorthodox spin bowler in cricket. Most British dictionaries see the term "Chinaman" as old-fashioned, and this view is backed up by data from the British National Corpus. According to "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage", in American English "Chinaman" is most often used in a "knowing" way, either satirically or to evoke the word's historical connotations. It acknowledges, however, that there is still some usage that is completely innocent. In addition, Herbst notes
Richard S. Ellis on July 2, 2018, aged 71. Richard S. Ellis Richard Steven Ellis (May 15, 1947 – July 2, 2018) was an American mathematician. He was born on May 15, 1947, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to parents Murray and Helen. Ellis graduated from Boston Latin School and attended Harvard University, where he studied German literature and mathematics. He pursued graduate study at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and began teaching at Northwestern University in 1972. Ellis left for the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1975. He was named fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1999. Ellis died of bile