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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: Gaijin vs -san  (was Re: If you hate ... )
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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 04:25:54 GMT
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In a previous article, wtwpubs@ix.netcom.com (Gary Clark) says:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>
>> On what do you base the statement that the word gaijin is not
>> perjorative?  
>
>The intent of the speaker/writer is ALL that is relative to whether or
>not an utterance is perjorative. 

Why are you guys so concerned about whether words are perjorative?  The 
question is whether they are *pejorative*.
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