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mtachiba@rkna50.riken.go.jp (Masahiko Tachibana) writes:

>In article <SANTOS.92Sep10164219@melon.mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp> santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp (Rafael &) writes:
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>>In article <DAVE.92Sep9202748@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp> dave@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp (David Wuertele) writes:
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>>Uh, sorry, Dave, but who is Dave Specter (the name is familiar) and
>>which "contribution" he made to belong to the anti-hero list ?

>In my knowledge, he appeared in TV as Henna Gaijin, speaking Japanese very
>fast and joking terrible jokes (as Mr. Ishikawa and Mr. Wuertele says in
>other articles) that derives silence to the audiences.  This I think is 
>the case that too much adaption to Japan are not always welcomed.  At that 
>time of his first appearance several years ago, he was introduced as 'ABC 
>(maybe one of the three major in USA, not Asahi Ho^so^) Producer'.  

...

>I neither like him nor dislike him.  But I think at least he has wider 
>insight if compared with another guy from US who is believed to be 
>Matomona Gaijin, Kent Gilbert.

Could you tell me what 'Matomona' means? 

Maybe it means 'Perfect Gaijin' or 'GI (Government Issue) Gaijin' in
the sense that he looks and acts like something out of an English
Conversation Text book. IMHO his popularity comes from the fact that
he matches people's fantasies.... 

It must be a real shock to people when they meet ordinary gaijins
who may or may not act like him at all :-)

Dave

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