in article 2torplF22nkesU1@uni-berlin.de, m.yoshida at masa@yahoo.co.jp
wrote on 10/21/04 1:21 PM:

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> "Ryan Ginstrom" <ryang@TINNED.MEATgol.com> wrote in message
> news:2torgqF22mfpoU2@uni-berlin.de...
>> 
>> "m.yoshida" <masa@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
>> news:2todqoF22jbgaU1@uni-berlin.de...
>>> Apparently you lack the ability of reading Japanese, Mr. Schaal.
>> 
>> Apparently? He demonstrably lacks the ability to read or speak Japanese.
>> 
>> I wonder what it says of Ernie's opinions of the Japanese when he lives in
>> Japan, is married to a Japanese, and works among Japanese, and yet hasn't
>> taken the trouble to learn the language.
> 
> Ask him.  He would know all about himself.
> 
> Masayuki

I answered his question. I have studied Japanese, but I know better than try
to show my knowledge of it (or lack of it) here in this newsgroup.

Now, why are you so bigoted?