Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Michael Cash Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: ？ Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:26:50 +0900 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <7Ig4d.2441$p01.864@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 5pmq8D15P6oyA4Taz7ylFw9wl8wV4ux67FKxpi6ulmDCI5OJ8= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:18703 On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:25:56 GMT, "Musashi" brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >Chill out Jeff. >My comment was the relationship between "gaikokujin" and "English". >No one can deny that in practice English is the defacto Global language. >But there are people who disagree, and feel that French, Spanish should >be the "global language". >At the expense of being redundant, 外国人 includes plenty of people >from African and South American countries, who do not speak English. >So...perhaps the gaikokujin in the definition of this NG ought to be >corrected. Chill out yourself. Paul's comment was meant to make fun of a stereotyped perception many Japanese hold regarding gaigins. -- Michael Cash "I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of a high school transcript." Dr. Howard Sprague Dean of Admissions Mount Pilot College