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MadPotatoExpert Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Why Middle Eastern and not Asian ?
Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me English speakers never refer to people from the Middle East as Asians, thus treating Middle East and Asia as if they were two seperate continents.
it never made complete sence to me and I accepted it. but I would like to know the unvarnished reason and root of this. anyone care to clearify? thanks
it never made complete sence to me and I accepted it. but I would like to know the unvarnished reason and root of this. anyone care to clearify? thanks
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). In the U. , the word "Asian" seems to be applied to people from the Indian subcontinent.
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- , the word "Asian" seems to be applied to people from the Indian subcontinent.
- I hope an expert answers your question, for I also wish to know the answer.
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MadPotatoExpert: I am not qualified to answer your question, but I can tell you that here in the States, the word "Asian" means people from East Asia (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc.). In the U. K., the word "Asian" seems to be applied to people from the Indian subcontinent. I hope an expert answers your question, for I also wish to know the answer.
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The designations "Near East", "Middle East", and "Far East" were first used in the mid-nineteenth century in Britain, if I'm not mistaken. My understanding of it is that it has to do with distance from Great Britain, not with geological continents. Terminology has changed since then.
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