On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 01:05 +1000, Paul Hampson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 11:07:42PM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 11:26:17PM +1000, Paul Hampson wrote: > > > This is all much easier in Japanese where [America-jin] "American" > > > can be used to refer to anyone caucasian. I dunno if it refers to > > > other non-Japanese people though. ^_^ > > > I thought i've read stupid things, but this one is even more... > > Where the hell did you hear that ? > > Based on anecdotal "evidence" from lecturers, and friends > who've experienced it. > If I recall the japanese courses I took some time again, the phrase is "amerika-jin" and it translates to "American" (technically 'American nationality' iirc). I don't know any japanese people who consider it a drop in replacement for 'caucasian'. If that was true I doubt there would be words like doitsu-jin (German) or igirisu-jin (British), note the -jin suffix. -- Chris Anderson <chris@nullcode.org> ICQ: 72021847 Jabber: chrisja@jabber.org 20B2 CB34 8AA5 05BC A90C 2CDD 2768 D4B4 2B93 424B
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