Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]and jerry, i might not know the korean word for "asians" but i know a lot of slurs for other asians and none of them are "oriental". doug On 9/22/03 5:01 PM, "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html