Re: Foreigner misdemeanors

["Chris Shryock" <shryock@sumophile.com>]

How about just "Foreign Born Rikishi"?  That would seem to clear up any
ambiguity.  Stay away from Sbarro Pizza places too, Moti.

Chris Shryock

----- Original Message -----
From: Moti <motid@bigfoot.com>
To: Chris Shryock <shryock@sumophile.com>; sumo server
<sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: Foreigner misdemeanors


>
>
> Chris Shryock wrote:
> >
> > I think that if one possesses Japanese citizenship, then it is a bit of
a
> > misnomer to call them "foreigners".
> >
> > Chris Shryock
> >
> Probably..My criteria for listing someone on my "foreigners" site is
> quite straightforward - If his "shushin", or place of birth or
> origin(someone should help with a better translation..)is listed on the
> Kyokai's official site as a place outside of Japan (not counting
> Okinawa), he's in the list. This is also flexible, since rikishi tend to
> change their "shushin" suddenly sometimes for various reasons, as has
> been talked about here numerous times. One Azumao was listed as Tokyo
> shushin, and suddenly two years ago, it changed to Brazil. Others I'm
> sure can elaborate on this much better than myself. Maybe I should
> change my page's name to "All Foreigners Whose Shushin Is Not From
> Japan", but it seems a wee bit complicated. Same goes for every time I
> mention Musashimaru or any other now-Japanese and formerly not as a
> foreigner - it seems to me quite tiring to say -former foreigner now
> Japanese citizen Musashimaru, when it is quite obvious what I mean.
> Or maybe not..
> Kintamayama