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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject: "Expats" and "TCNs" |
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Looking at another forum
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=60
I was pondering on this question.
If you are British and work at some low-level job in Do-Buy you are an EXPAT. If you come from the Philippines or Bangladesh and do the same you are a TCN !! |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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TCN is not that commonly used outside of Saudi. I learned it on this board, not in the other Gulf countries. It may be Britspeak... ??
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Dear scot47,
So, do you think Brits should also be TCNs - or should Filipinos or Bangladeshis be expats.
WHat REALLY matters, of course, is the salary; what you're called (and I've been called a LOT of names) is irrelevant .
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John |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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The first place that I worked in the Gulf - in Oman - the Filipinos were our secretaries and computer techs and medical clerks in the clinic/hospital... and as I recall, we called them expats... just like us...
I have been trying to remember what we called the sweeper/cleaner types, but it wasn't TCNs.
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scot47
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veiledsentiments
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Looks like it started as military speak... not having ever been in such an organization, not familiar with it.
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johnslat
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