diverse = 'ethnically different'

[Jonathan Lighter]

If that had been the intention, I wouldn't have noticed it.

The Congressman's remarks should be online in a day or two, with any luck.

JL

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Completely out of its context, I can understand this as meaning that
> within itself, China has more diversity (of ethnicities) than the
> U.S. does (within itself).  But only Jon or some other hearer can
> tell me that our Congressman meant "China may be different from us,
> ethnically ...".
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> Joel
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> At 1/18/2011 12:29 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >African-American Congressman on CNN just now: "China may be diverse
> compared
> >to us...."
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> >JL
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