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From: Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com>
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Curt Fischer wrote:

>>Anyway, I agree. But it isn't just geographic terms that create
>>problems. Any attempt at classifying people by ethnicity is bound to
>>run into trouble sooner or later, whether it is by geography,
>>nationality, religion or whatever. And it is getting increasingly
>>difficult. My best friend is half Danish and half Burmese and a U.S.
>>citizen who speaks native English, native Dutch and damn good
>>Japanese, and his wife is Japanese American who speaks native English
>>and native Japanese. I don't know how you would even begin to
>>classify my friend, let alone their son. 
> 
> 
> Is learning Dutch a popular option for Danish people?  

There was a Dutch guy in my law school class on War and Intervention.
You should have heard him. He sounded just like Goldmember.

"Smoke and a pancake?"

- Kevin