On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:54:23 GMT, "Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp>
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>
>"Michael Cash" <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message
>news:uf24l0h6tj6qo44cpg6o9ua0h6fc9gtp2e@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:25:56 GMT, "Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp>
>> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>
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>> >Chill out Jeff.
>> >My comment was the relationship between "gaikokujin" and "English".
>> >No one can deny that in practice English is the defacto Global language.
>> >But there are people who disagree, and feel that French, Spanish should
>> >be the "global language".
>> >At the expense of being redundant, 外国人 includes plenty of people
>> >from African and South American countries, who do not speak English.
>> >So...perhaps the gaikokujin in the definition of this NG ought to be
>> >corrected.
>>
>> Chill out yourself. Paul's comment was meant to make fun of a
>> stereotyped perception many Japanese hold regarding gaigins.
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>>
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>Is your name Jeff???

Don't try blindsiding me with those trick questions.

>I don't see Paul's comment as "making fun" of anybody.
>Does anyone else?

You mean a particular anybody or a more general sort of anybody?





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