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   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "William Black" :   
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   >"Féachadóir"  wrote in message   
   >news:60m9l2t10l26p32q49bh24e371icjaq0gr@4ax.com...   
   >> Scríobh "William Black" :   
   >>>   
   >>>"Féachadóir"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:q0c9l217laij1urbt3nsj00o49raijhurk@4ax.com...   
   >>>> 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.   
   >   
   >Ho ho ho,  and I have a bridge for sale...   
      
   What did you think 'ethnic' meant?   
      
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