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.
that produced a need fr a wrd to describe people from that region as Asians.
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?
Japan, Korea, Mongolia, China .. trace your way down the Pacific rim of Asia until you hit Australia ... then stop.
Inaccurately, we don't consider India/Pakistan as 'Asia' although I have seen the term Southwest Asians now and again.
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.
Nothing wrong with "oriental", it's just not used.
All I was doing was trying to describe a whole set of sports in as concise a way as possible.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote