"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul Blay" <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > "necoandjeff" wrote ...
> > > "Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote ...
> > >>
> > >> 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?
> >
> > Because gaijin <> gaikokujin ?
>
> Well, I wasn't going to nitpick the fact that Japanese actually divide the
> world into Nihonjin and Gaijin...
>

That's absolutely correct, but a concept that only works when one is in
Japan.