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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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 Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject: Words for "foreigner" ? |
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We like our imaginary exclusivity on this planet we share.
I know waygookin, laowai, gaijin, farang, and maybe gringo, if that one counts. I'm sure you all know these and where they are used.
What other ones can you think of, and from which countries do these fine demarcations of people arise? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| the most offensive of all, in a way: Americans love to use the word "alien" |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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They use it here too... take a look at your ARC - ALIEN Registration Card.
Yup. I am a bona fide alien.  |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| the most offensive of all, in a way: Americans love to use the word "alien" |
And Koreans apparently love to translate waegookin as alien, as evidenced by our Alien Registration Cards. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| The kids seem to have konglished up their own word for foreigner - Outsider. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| reactionary wrote: |
| The kids seem to have konglished up their own word for foreigner - Outsider. |
Stay gold, Pony boy. Stay gold. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| reactionary wrote: |
| The kids seem to have konglished up their own word for foreigner - Outsider. |
Stay gold, Pony boy. Stay gold. |
I wonder if that's the same red hair you have on your....eyebrows. |
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Murakano
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| reactionary wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| the most offensive of all, in a way: Americans love to use the word "alien" |
And Koreans apparently love to translate waegookin as alien, as evidenced by our Alien Registration Cards. |
Japanese too say "alien"so not Korea exclusive 
http://www.tokyo-icc.jp/guide_eng/proce/02.html |
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Tundra_Creature
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada
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| Qallunat (Ha-Lu-Nat). Not sure if that's the exact spelling, but that's the Inuit word for pretty much the above. The meaning is along the lines of 'Hairy Face' I believe or something close to that nature. The word came around the time the whalers first started showing up back in the day. |
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| Interesting one tundra, never heard it before. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| I submit "Haole" from our friends in Hawaii. |
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Arthur Dent
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
Location: Kochu whirld
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Etranger and Gwai-lo. France and Hong Kong Cantonese respectively.
There is also "Fish and Chips" in North Africa. But said as "Feesh and Cheeps!" And the suspiciously respectful sounding "Blanc.," I heard in much of North Africa. |
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