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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" :   
   >>>   
   >>>"Féachadóir"  wrote in message   
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   >>>> Scríobh "William Black" :   
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   >>>>>"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?   
   >   
   >Not nationality.   
      
   then you were mistaken.   
      
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