"Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote in message
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>
> "Sean Holland" <seanholland@pants.telus.net> wrote in message
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> > in article dQi1d.15974$ZC7.1493@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com, Musashi at
> > Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp wrote on 9/13/04 8:15 AM:
> >
> > >
> > > "Sean Holland" <seanholland@pants.telus.net> wrote in message
> > > news:BD67945E.1125E%seanholland@pants.telus.net...
> > >> in article tgk0d.9600$ZC7.4837@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com, Musashi at
> > >> Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp wrote on 9/10/04 9:04 AM:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> "Vernon North" <verno@oyama.bc.ca> wrote in message
> > >>> news:MPG.1bab6ea664143dec989984@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net...
> > >>>> In article <3ij0d.9585$ZC7.7348@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>,
> > >>>> Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp says...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> "Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
> > >>>>> news:414119D7.F57EC26C@yahoo.co.jp...
> > >>>>>> Musashi wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> "Clint" <pepmax@videotron.ca> wrote in message
> > >>>>>>> news:z4%%c.10275$FX3.116071@weber.videotron.net...
> > >>>>>>>> If you are doing any type of business in Japan, here's some
> really
> > >>>>> nice
> > >>>>>>> gift
> > >>>>>>>> ideas for your customers or associates in Japan;
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> You know, I don't think people in Japan are aware that the word
> > >>> "eskimo"
> > >>>>>>> (which is the same in Japanese) is derogatory.
> > >>>>>>> At least I didn't.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> But it's good ice cream. I also miss orange Creamsicles in Japan.
> The
> > >>> old
> > >>>>>> ones, not the new ones.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Ah you are refering to North American Arctic Aboriginal Pies
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> No, those would be Inuit pies. ;-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> IIRC, the objection to the word "Eskimo" is that it is a term
created
> > > by
> > >>>> the whites, not what they call themselves.  It's a little like
North
> > >>>> American natives being called "indians".
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Or someone calling me an "asian".
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Aren't you?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Yes and No. That's the whole pointy of this discussion.
> > > Geographically speaking yes.
> > > But in terms of "how I perceive myself", certainly "asian" is not on
the
> top
> > > of my list.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Why not?
> >
> > ---
> > pantsseanholland@telus.pants.net Remove pants to email me.
> >
>
> Because as you must be aware, Japanese people living in Japan think only
in
> terms of
> Nihonjin and Gaikokujin. When Japanese people reside overseas, they still
> think of themselves
> as Nihonjin, with most being aware that now they are the "gaikokujin" in
> another country.

Then why do so many Japanese continue to refer to non-Japanese as gaijin,
even when overseas?

Jeff