Teaching English Abroad

[Valmy]

For some reason neither the Japs nor the Chinamen like being called 'Orientals'.

That is why I was always sensitive to this and called them chinks and nips.

[Ed Anger]

Chinamen girls.

[jimmy olsen]

He rolled his eyes because that term is considered a bit archaic with racist connotations in the US. 

Exactly.
In the UK though its a accepted term.

And the US is five times as populous and six times as rich. How's the US a backwater in comparison?

[Josquius]

Fudge.
Deleted my post by accident.
err.....Weirdness to ensue:

He rolled his eyes because that term is considered a bit archaic with racist connotations in the US. 

Exactly.
In the UK though its a accepted term.

And the US is five times as populous and six times as rich. How's the US a backwater in comparison?

So?
What does that have to do with anything?
British English is a fully accepted separate standard to American English. Neither side really challenges this.

For some reason neither the Japs nor the Chinamen like being called 'Orientals'.

The ones I know don't care.

We call them 'Asians' here, which is a term you use to refer to the folks we call 'Indians'.

Yep. I'm not there though.

[Valmy]

We call them 'Asians' here, which is a term you use to refer to the folks we call 'Indians'.

Which creates endless amounts of confusion thanks to that retard Columbus.

[derspiess]

We call them 'Asians' here, which is a term you use to refer to the folks we call 'Indians'.

My buddy who's married to the Brit/Indian girl has taken to using "Asian" to refer to Indians.  Annoys the crap out of me, mostly because he's trying to bait people into challenging him on the nomenclature.  He thinks he's the only American who understands Britspeak.

[Caliga]

We call them 'Asians' here, which is a term you use to refer to the folks we call 'Indians'.

Which creates endless amounts of confusion thanks to that retard Columbus.

*shrug* Well, in his defense, even the Romans thought they were Indians from India.

[Caliga]

My buddy who's married to the Brit/Indian girl has taken to using "Asian" to refer to Indians.  Annoys the crap out of me, mostly because he's trying to bait people into challenging him on the nomenclature.  He thinks he's the only American who understands Britspeak.

Hot, always wanted to bag an Indian girl.

Yeah, I used to work with an Indian guy who would always say stuff like "Hey quit picking on the Asian guy!" and everyone always looked around and seemed confused.  He either couldn't get or didn't care that the term means something different here.

[Barrister]

We call them 'Asians' here, which is a term you use to refer to the folks we call 'Indians'.

My buddy who's married to the Brit/Indian girl has taken to using "Asian" to refer to Indians.  Annoys the crap out of me, mostly because he's trying to bait people into challenging him on the nomenclature.  He thinks he's the only American who understands Britspeak.

I find that South Asian and East Asian are pretty safe terms.

[Eddie Teach]

We call them 'Asians' here, which is a term you use to refer to the folks we call 'Indians'.

Asian lacks specificity. Oriental is more succinct when you wish to say Chinese/Japanese/Koreans but not Indians/Arabs/Russians. You're right though, the word's gone out of style.

[Ed Anger]

Hot, always wanted to bag an Indian girl.

Done x2.

[Neil]

And you accuse me of being provincial.

The United States isn't a backwater.

Depends on where you are.  New York isn't, but unimportant places like Wyoming, Kentucky or Kansas, as well as poor places like California definitely are.

[Caliga]

Done x2.

pics or IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

[Caliga]

Depends on where you are.  New York isn't, but unimportant places like Wyoming, Kentucky or Kansas, as well as poor places like California definitely are.

This coming from a guy in Alberta. 

[Josquius]

The United States isn't a backwater.

Nor is Europe

However, that is not at all the point, I was referring to your mindset and a discussion of not too long ago when you accused me of thinking that my way was the only right way (yet here you are doing just that...)