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From: Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: 1st trip to Japan
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:40:34 -0500
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Louise Bremner wrote:
> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Louise Bremner wrote:
>>>
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>>>>Ron Hitler Barrassi <greg-the-stop-sign@tism.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>Louise Bremner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Ron Hitler Barrassi <greg-the-stop-sign@tism.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>My last care package, and I do mean *last* included flavoured 
>>>>>>>dehydrated rice meals. Yes, rice. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Um.... I ask visitors to bring rice if they really want to give me
>>>>>>something I can't buy in Japan. But I make it clear I mean Basmatti
>>>>>>rice....
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Seijou near Shinjuku Minamiguchi. Or a stroll through Okubo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Real Basmati? Or just the cheapest stuff they can fob off as "ethnic"
>>>>(bearing in mind the 1000% import duties)?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Seijo has Thai Jasmine which I love. In Okubo there are lots of ethnic
>>>shops run by real ethnics. The Indian stores are heaven on earth and
>>>have several types of rice.
>>
>>What is an ethnic?
> 
> 
> In this context, I think it means any cuisine that involves chili
> peppers.... I use quotes, though, because it doesn't match my own
> definition.

I meant when used a noun to refer to a person e.g. "The shopkeeper is an 
ethnic." I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.

- Kevin