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Re:Has Japan designed the world's best bike shed? by pqs on Friday November 06, 2009 @03:38AM (#925694)
Since when Japan is a designer? Japan designs nothing, japanese people do. It would be better to credit the creator of the thing instead of his country. Would'nt it?
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Re:Has Japan designed the world's best bike shed? by nandemo on Friday November 06, 2009 @10:59AM (#926197)
It's just a metonymy, like "Wall Street", "Silicon Valley", etc. A bit stretched, maybe, but it's not misleading so who cares?
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