Radio Derb has created outrage on the other coast by pronouncing “Chino” to rhyme with “wino.” The correct pronunciation, we are being told, rhymes with “Reno.” Hey, just so long as all the CHEE-nese people over there are okay with it.

One listener has further chid me for trying to make a parallel between last week’s black-Hispanic rumble at the California Institute for Men in Chino and that other black-Hispanic rumble in the New York State Senate back in June. It is, says this reader, offensive and degrading to the inmates and alumni of Chino C.I.M. to compare them to New York State legislators. I am bound to agree, and I apologize for my hurtful remarks.