<jim_breen@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Apud Winston <none@hotmail.com> (sci.lang.japan) hoc legimus:
>>Back in High School, when a group of about 20 of us went to Japan and
>>did homestay, most of the students were Asian.
>>Think of the poor Japanese high school students. They must have been
>>excited when they heard a group of AUSTRALIANS were visiting the school.
>
>>So much so that they ran up to our bus and mobbed us when we arrived!!
>>IMAGINE THEIR DISSAPOINTMENT WHEN ABOUT 15 ASIANS AND ABOUT 5 WHITIES
>>GOT OFF THE BUS.
>
> What happened to the Australians?
>
>>They were looking forward to the gaijin visiting.
>
> Uh-huh. So the "Asians" weren't gaijin. Interesting.....

On a related topic, I've heard that 外国人 tends to be applied more often to 
East Asians and that 外人 is used primarily for people from other regions. 
Is there any truth to that? If so, is it based on race, or on nationality?

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Brandon Berg
Fix the obvious homonym substitution to reply.