Channel Five News...

[Irock]

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


sigh.

[froggorino]

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

[James]

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

[ifihadahifi]

the asian-race people

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

[James]

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.

[Irock]

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.

[monet2u]

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.".

[froggorino]

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.

[airboy paul]

although native americans call themselves indian.

They're just confused is all.

[James]

although native americans call themselves indian.

They're just confused is all.

it's probably for tax purposes...

[sam]

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)?

[James]

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...

[sam]

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.

[ifihadahifi]

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.

[froggorino]

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