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Chief Arrowhead
07-30-2012, 07:09 PM
look decidedly more Asian than their competitors from Korea, China, Malaysia, etc., complete with Asian surnames.

Hilariously, the Korean men's doubles badminton team has their hair dyed reddish brown and sported Justin Beiber inspired barnets. http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/yikes.gif

Bergkamp's Brain
07-30-2012, 07:28 PM

Guns 'n' Roses
07-30-2012, 07:32 PM
that produced a need fr a wrd to describe people from that region as Asians.

Bergkamp's Brain
07-30-2012, 07:36 PM
we call people from the Far East, Oriental, which I understand is not taken too well out your way. Not sure what your collective to those from the Indian subcontinent, i.e. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh?

Chief Arrowhead
07-30-2012, 07:37 PM
Japan, Korea, Mongolia, China .. trace your way down the Pacific rim of Asia until you hit Australia ... then stop. http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif

Inaccurately, we don't consider India/Pakistan as 'Asia' although I have seen the term Southwest Asians now and again.

Bergkamp's Brain
07-30-2012, 07:40 PM
Someone once said "Middle Eastern cos they all look the same". I explained to him that calling someone from India, Middle Eastern is likely to get you a thick lip, or worse.

Guns 'n' Roses
07-30-2012, 07:41 PM
Nothing wrong with "oriental", it's just not used.

Chief Arrowhead
07-30-2012, 07:45 PM
All I was doing was trying to describe a whole set of sports in as concise a way as possible.

Bergkamp's Brain
07-30-2012, 07:51 PM