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   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "William Black" :   
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   >"Féachadóir"  wrote in message   
   >news:3839l21i8g51mo754a5o6k9vr3k6uusbaf@4ax.com...   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   >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.   
      
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