Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Having lived in Japan, I know what you mean. I even know what words the Japanese have for Koreans, but I cannot repeat that in this company. Jerry doug kim wrote: > not sure what you mean, but asians may be more nationalistic than most areas > of the world. i don't know any asian that would rather be lumped into a > general category rather than their specific culture. > > japanese and korean cultures are among the most hermetically homogenous i've > seen. > > i don't even know what the word for "asians" is in korean. > > doug > > On 9/22/03 3:38 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > doug kim wrote: > >> > >> to add the final clarification on this: > >> > >> oriental and occidental refer to things, actual objects: oriental rugs, > >> cooking, antiques, etc. > >> > >> asian refer to people. but i do call all my white friends occidentals. > >> > >> doug > >> > > I hope not by occident! > > > > Is it true that say Japanese people don't want to be called Japanese and > > this is true all over Asia relatively. They want to be called Asians? if > > that is true than what's the point of the lack of specification? > > Countries are no good? > > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > Portland, Oregon USA > > http://www.rabinergroup.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html