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...just aired a story about consumer electronics purchased overseas, "IN COUNTRIES LIKE ASIA."


sigh.

haaaaaaaa. frikkin hilarious.

i think we should plan a group trip to that country. that's a really nice country, asia. or so i have heard from the asian-race people that i know, born and raised in that country. asia.

frog"good one"gy

Bad Geography doesn't exist in a vaccuum; it permeates society....

the asian-race people

I think you mean Orientals. Orientals live in the country of Asia.

the asian-race people

I think you mean Orientals. Orientals live in the country of Asia.

That's funny, because when people speak of Asians here, they generally mean Indian Sub-Continent folk. Confused the hell out of me for about a year.

Bad Geography doesn't exist in a vaccuum; it permeates society....

Yeah, well if I heard a redneck in a gas station say it I wouldn't have thought it was thread-worthy. But a news orginization? Sheesh!

Reason 2347986 I don't watch local television news.

the asian-race people

I think you mean Orientals. Orientals live in the country of Asia.

That's funny, because when people speak of Asians here, they generally mean Indian Sub-Continent folk. Confused the hell out of me for about a year.

oh I'm still explaining the difference to friends over there..."no, we say native american, indians are from india...etc.".

I think you mean Orientals. Orientals live in the country of Asia.

That's funny, because when people speak of Asians here, they generally mean Indian Sub-Continent folk. Confused the hell out of me for about a year.

oh I'm still explaining the difference to friends over there..."no, we say native american, indians are from india...etc.".

although native americans call themselves indian.

although native americans call themselves indian.

They're just confused is all.

although native americans call themselves indian.

They're just confused is all.

it's probably for tax purposes...

the asian-race people

I think you mean Orientals. Orientals live in the country of Asia.

That's funny, because when people speak of Asians here, they generally mean Indian Sub-Continent folk. Confused the hell out of me for about a year.

Is "oriental" more (or less) acceptable there (to distinguish indo-asians from east-asians)?

I think you mean Orientals. Orientals live in the country of Asia.

That's funny, because when people speak of Asians here, they generally mean Indian Sub-Continent folk. Confused the hell out of me for about a year.

Is "oriental" more (or less) acceptable there (to distinguish indo-asians from east-asians)?

yeah, although they generally prefer to use the actual country that their from....you hear oriental but mostly i hear people refer to people as japanese, chinese, thai, etc...

Now I'm thinking we should give NBC 5 the benefit of the doubt and assume that this is an oblique reference to Asia, the band, and the "country" is purely a state of mind.

yeah, although they generally prefer to use the actual country that their from....you hear oriental but mostly i hear people refer to people as japanese, chinese, thai, etc...

Wow. I didn't realize it was still in common usage over there. I found most people in Asia hated the term "oriental". ("I'm not a rug!") They preferred asian or, like you said, their country of origin.

I don't hear it as often in the States as I once did.

Now I'm thinking we should give NBC 5 the benefit of the doubt and assume that this is an oblique reference to Asia, the band, and the "country" is purely a state of mind.

yeah. maybe it was just the heat of the moment.

frog"rimshot"gy