| From(投稿者): | Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups(投稿グループ): | fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.japan,sci.lang.japan |
| Subject(見出し): | Re: gifts for Japanese |
| Date(投稿日時): | Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:48:56 -0400 |
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necoandjeff wrote: > "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message > news:2qemgeFtp9kgU6@uni-berlin.de... > >>necoandjeff wrote: >> >> >>>Geographically it used to refer to what we now call >>>the Middle East, plus Iran. >> >>When did Iran leave the Middle East? > > > For some reason I was thinking that, because it is Persian rather than Arab, > it might technically be separate, but I guess not. I've always thought of "Middle East" as a geographic descriptor rather than a demographic one. - Kevin