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   From: charles@ellson.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:39:19 +0000, Féachadóir  wrote:   
      
   >Scríobh "William Black" :   
   >>   
   >>"Raktizer Omheit"  wrote in message   
   >>news:4553bca4_1@news.iprimus.com.au...   
   >>   
   >>> Allan, as for the southern Irish, what they say in public and what they   
   >>> really think and feel in private can be quite completely different things,   
   >>> as with any ethnic group in the world.   
   >>   
   >>When did 'Irish' become an ethnicity?   
   >   
   >Ethnic: Of or relating to people grouped according to a common racial,   
   >national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin.   
   >   
   >Perhaps you could tell us when Irish *wasn't* an ethnicity?   
   >   
   Or what the "white" category on monitoring forms has to do with   
   ethnicity ?   
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