ledchick
Well-known member
I bet I am the ONLY one that lives in the Garden of Eden! lol
with all the mormons on here,how come that wasn't an option?
with all the mormons on here,how come that wasn't an option?
wiahwib said:Not many Asians here
Too busy working their lives away
<< is Asian
Punisher said:wiahwib said:Not many Asians here
Too busy working their lives away
<< is Asian
There's quite a few Asians here, but not all of them live in Asia
Punisher said:wiahwib said:Not many Asians here
Too busy working their lives away
<< is Asian
There's quite a few Asians here, but not all of them live in Asia
cheaptrickfan said:Punisher said:wiahwib said:Not many Asians here
Too busy working their lives away
<< is Asian
There's quite a few Asians here, but not all of them live in Asia
"Asian" also means different things to different folks. I got into a conversation with a poster I know from the UK (different forum). There'd been some news story local to her that had mentioned "two Asian youths" who were wanted for questioning by the police. Most of the American posters on that forum had an image of two Chinese, Japanese or Thai guys, but all of the other posters from the UK said that, to them, it meant Indian or Pakistani.
Here, someone from Pakistan or India might easily be mistaken for, and called "Middle Eastern." Even though India is part of Asia, we don't often associate the subcontinent with the term "Asian." It makes little sense, but "Asian" is most often mistaken for a racial characteristic rather than a geographic one.
Hell, a Russian from Siberia is technically "Asian" as well, but in the US we'd never call them "Asian."
It's all semantics.
Punisher said:cheaptrickfan said:"Asian" also means different things to different folks. I got into a conversation with a poster I know from the UK (different forum). There'd been some news story local to her that had mentioned "two Asian youths" who were wanted for questioning by the police. Most of the American posters on that forum had an image of two Chinese, Japanese or Thai guys, but all of the other posters from the UK said that, to them, it meant Indian or Pakistani.
Here, someone from Pakistan or India might easily be mistaken for, and called "Middle Eastern." Even though India is part of Asia, we don't often associate the subcontinent with the term "Asian." It makes little sense, but "Asian" is most often mistaken for a racial characteristic rather than a geographic one.
Hell, a Russian from Siberia is technically "Asian" as well, but in the US we'd never call them "Asian."
It's all semantics.
Lol, i was explaining the same thing in the chat room a few nights ago
In the UK we call the Chinese, Japanese, Thai etc 'Oriental', and the Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis 'Asian'.
I confused Knight (an American) when i said i was Asian
cheaptrickfan said:Punisher said:cheaptrickfan said:"Asian" also means different things to different folks. I got into a conversation with a poster I know from the UK (different forum). There'd been some news story local to her that had mentioned "two Asian youths" who were wanted for questioning by the police. Most of the American posters on that forum had an image of two Chinese, Japanese or Thai guys, but all of the other posters from the UK said that, to them, it meant Indian or Pakistani.
Here, someone from Pakistan or India might easily be mistaken for, and called "Middle Eastern." Even though India is part of Asia, we don't often associate the subcontinent with the term "Asian." It makes little sense, but "Asian" is most often mistaken for a racial characteristic rather than a geographic one.
Hell, a Russian from Siberia is technically "Asian" as well, but in the US we'd never call them "Asian."
It's all semantics.
Lol, i was explaining the same thing in the chat room a few nights ago
In the UK we call the Chinese, Japanese, Thai etc 'Oriental', and the Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis 'Asian'.
I confused Knight (an American) when i said i was Asian
Divided by a common tongue and divergent colonial experiences. lol
Also, I didn't know you were Asian. Color me clueless.
Punisher said:cheaptrickfan said:Punisher said:cheaptrickfan said:"Asian" also means different things to different folks. I got into a conversation with a poster I know from the UK (different forum). There'd been some news story local to her that had mentioned "two Asian youths" who were wanted for questioning by the police. Most of the American posters on that forum had an image of two Chinese, Japanese or Thai guys, but all of the other posters from the UK said that, to them, it meant Indian or Pakistani.
Here, someone from Pakistan or India might easily be mistaken for, and called "Middle Eastern." Even though India is part of Asia, we don't often associate the subcontinent with the term "Asian." It makes little sense, but "Asian" is most often mistaken for a racial characteristic rather than a geographic one.
Hell, a Russian from Siberia is technically "Asian" as well, but in the US we'd never call them "Asian."
It's all semantics.
Lol, i was explaining the same thing in the chat room a few nights ago
In the UK we call the Chinese, Japanese, Thai etc 'Oriental', and the Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis 'Asian'.
I confused Knight (an American) when i said i was Asian
Divided by a common tongue and divergent colonial experiences. lol
Also, I didn't know you were Asian. Color me clueless.
Yeah My parents are from Bangladesh, but i was born and raised in Wales, so i'm British first.
cheaptrickfan said:Punisher said:cheaptrickfan said:Punisher said:cheaptrickfan said:"Asian" also means different things to different folks. I got into a conversation with a poster I know from the UK (different forum). There'd been some news story local to her that had mentioned "two Asian youths" who were wanted for questioning by the police. Most of the American posters on that forum had an image of two Chinese, Japanese or Thai guys, but all of the other posters from the UK said that, to them, it meant Indian or Pakistani.
Here, someone from Pakistan or India might easily be mistaken for, and called "Middle Eastern." Even though India is part of Asia, we don't often associate the subcontinent with the term "Asian." It makes little sense, but "Asian" is most often mistaken for a racial characteristic rather than a geographic one.
Hell, a Russian from Siberia is technically "Asian" as well, but in the US we'd never call them "Asian."
It's all semantics.
Lol, i was explaining the same thing in the chat room a few nights ago
In the UK we call the Chinese, Japanese, Thai etc 'Oriental', and the Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis 'Asian'.
I confused Knight (an American) when i said i was Asian
Divided by a common tongue and divergent colonial experiences. lol
Also, I didn't know you were Asian. Color me clueless.
Yeah My parents are from Bangladesh, but i was born and raised in Wales, so i'm British first.
Ah, I bet you have a kick-ass Welsh accent though, don't you? heh
Like many Americans, I'm a mix: a full quarter French (via Quebec), a good 50% from the British Isles (mostly English, but with some Welsh and Scots in there for flavor) and 25% German. Nothing terribly exotic.
BlackBox said:only 14 canadians ?