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   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "William Black" :   
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   >"Féachadóir"  wrote in message   
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   >> Scríobh "William Black" :   
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   >>>> 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?   
   >>>   
   >>>Well looking at that it also applies to Land Rover owners and people from   
   >>>the United States,  neither of which would usually be called 'ethnic'.   
   >>>   
   >>>It makes the term meaningless.   
   >>   
   >> No, it means you didn't know what the word meant.   
   >   
   >You mean that there is a 'United States ethnicity'?   
      
   Sure. They've got national, linguistic and cultural commonalities.   
      
   >You mean Land Rover owners are not a cultural group with similar origins?   
      
   Not so sure about those. But Irish is.   
      
   What did you think ethnic meant?   
      
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