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On Tue, 22 Dec 1992, Peter Yamamoto wrote:

> In article <9212211229.AA14784@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> you write:
> >        "Oi Naomi"
> >                I'm a brazilian and I want to know if I could e-mail to you
> >too.
> >                MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
>
> "Oi ..."!?!
> That's a highly impolite greeting.
> I am not Japanese, but still, it shocked me to read this!
> Peter

Well in Brazil, it is not quite the same  (-;   His "Oi" was Portugese
not Japanese.

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No it quite definitely was not a Portugese "Oi": it was quite plainly
a BRAZALLIAN "Oi"

Anil
PS I cannot imagine why anyone should get upset over a small "Oi" or two,
unless you are the one being oied at.