Foriegner? Who are they?
By cloud31
@cloud31 (5809)
March 5, 2010 12:42am CST
Who are foreigners? Let me guess? When other nationality visited asia and other country we call them a foreigner Am i right? Most people from Europe,Canada,Australia,USA,UK etc.are called foreigners when they are in asia and in some other countries.
But why when asian nationals visit Europe and neighbor countries,they will call them as asian.?Is an asian nationals is not a foreigner?Just curious? What is the different of asian nationals to other countries why asian countries couldn't be called as foreigner?
My friend from UK pays a visit on me the other day and my chinese friend asked me about her nationality i said A British Nationals,and she answer me back,ohhh shes a foreigner.I said "yes".And i asked her back when you visited UK last year do you consider yourself a foreigner too in their country she said NO,i asked her why, because she never been called a foreigner because she can always hear" She came from Asia" hahaha..So who are FOREIGNERS?? Your every opinion are most welcome.Thank you!
Happy myLotting!!
14 responses
@shahbazkharadi (81)
• Pakistan
5 Mar 10
I will not answer this question my 3 year old couzin can answer this i dont feel the need of answering such a difficult question
@cloud31 (5809)
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6 Mar 10
Hi , actually they don't discriminate Asians,I'm sorry if you get me wrong about my meaning to starts up with this topic.
I just try to make a way to clarifies that "A person who visited other country" will still be called a "Foreigner" no matter what nationality you belong.
No matter Is an "Asian, European,Italian,American,British and so on! We are all being called a foreigner once we step in to other country.
I'm bit regret actually when I posted this topic, i don't really mean made a people thinks about discrimination! I just want to let everyone knows The word foreigner is for everyone/everybody who is visiting other nation/place no matter you are Asians.
I would like to apologize to those people who seems getting a bit odd about this topic,I never thought of discrimination "and actually this topic is for a friend who cannot understand the meaning of "FOREIGNER"..(if you can notice my example at the end of this topic".And the question that I have with her.
Myself either owns a lot of friendship with those people who used to be called "Foreigner" and I don't see any trace of discrimination between them and myself.
Please don't mislead the my meaning in posting this topic.
Thank you and Have A nice day!
@shahbazkharadi (81)
• Pakistan
6 Mar 10
Actually i was just joking cloud i have read your other discussions as well and they are fantastic
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
5 Mar 10
People from US or UK look different from us in terms of their skin color(mostly reddish) and height and morever we cannot differentiate if they're britishers or Americans at the very first look at their faces hence they feel comfortable calling them to be foreigners.Asians are known for their Small eyes and Good Skin color and being short if i'm not wrong----so it would be easier for them to categorise us to be people of Asian origin---hence they're called as Asians rather than foreigners.
Coming to the exact definition---Foreigner is a person who visits non-native countries.
@vjenterprise (83)
• India
5 Mar 10
Foreign as such refers to not related with or not belong to local.
If you have some dust hurt your eyes, they call it as foreign body in medical terms.
In any country other nationals are foreigners, example am Extranjero(Foreigner in english) en Chile as am not chilean national.
Also many countries has different ticketing and prices etc for foreigners.
Example in India, the entrance fees for locals and foeigners are different.
@kayebee (55)
• Philippines
6 Mar 10
A foreigner is someone who comes from another country, be it an American, European, German, etc. It is a term to generally denote a person not from their own country. Asians are foreigners, too if they visit countries in Europe or America. People use different terms to refer to certain group of people depending on which term they are comfortable with. Other people would use "Expats" instead of "foreigners", and some would even use the term "Aliens". To each his own. :)
@rain28 (50)
• Canada
6 Mar 10
Who are foreigners?I guess foreigner is a one Group Band in USA,like Bee Gees,America,and more..lol..Seriously as you said Cloud,when you visited or go other country is called Foreigner,other hand when you scape in their country is called Alien,,,lol.I really like your topics Cloud,,,you are really Smart not Globe,hehehe have a nice day...
@draniembohol (55)
• Philippines
5 Mar 10
hi cloud31, in my opinion, as i see it these kind of people in europe and in the u.s.a. they seem to be more of a kind of superior complex. they tend to think that we asians are second class citizens not entitled to be called foreigners. this is just my perception. true to all who responded to your discussion, everyone who is not a citizen of that country which they are staying, they are called foreigners or aliens.
@common_man (1799)
• India
5 Mar 10
Hi cloud!
When any national of other country visits our country we termed them as foreigner. If u visit India u will be called foreigner in India. IH i visit Philipines I become foreigner there! If I vist USA or Uk then also i will be foreigner in that country. 
@common_man (1799)
• India
5 Mar 10
friend, u r welcome to visit my country any time, we treat guest as god.
@jwfarrimond (4473)
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5 Mar 10
When I were a lad, people form the next town were foreigners and those from the South... well, they might as well have been on another planet. Seriously though, anyone visiting another country other than there own is a foreigner there regardless of what the locals call them.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
5 Mar 10
Anyone who is not a legal citizen of my country is a foreigner as I would be if I were not legal to their country. Thats what I've assumed it to mean any way.
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
5 Mar 10
i guess if someone enter to other country and not their own country they are already considered as alien or foreign people. and since its hard to distinguish if the foreign national is american, australian, Canadian and etc just by their looks we rather called them foreigner unlike asian, its easy for them to figure out if we are asian just by our looks so they called asian as asian. but then we can only tell from where they come from if they introduce their selves and tell from where they are and so only then we call them s a canadian or australian and etc.
so they called asian as asian. but then we can only tell from where they come from if they introduce their selves and tell from where they are and so only then we call them s a canadian or australian and etc.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
5 Mar 10
Foreigners could be anybody who doesnt belong to your country. When I go to Korea, I will be considered a foreigner there because I am not a native of the country. If you go to another country then you are a foreigner too. When somebody from Korea, or Japan or anywhere comes to visit our country or your country then they are considered foreign. Foreign means someone who doesnt belong to a group.
@yoursjannat (839)
• India
5 Mar 10
Whoever comes to your native place or country from other country is called a foreigner.
@candyfairy21 (2039)
• Philippines
5 Mar 10
In my point of view anyone who goes to another country he/ she is a foreigner or an alien because she/ he is not a native of that place. I guess we are just used to calling other nationals as foreigners but technically a foreigner is anyone who is not a resident or native of a certain country. In Europe and North America it is easier for them to describe someone by using terms like Asian or African rather than using the term foreigner.
@takeshiboy (178)
• Philippines
5 Mar 10
If we check the definition of foreigner in thesaurus, it defines as alien, stranger and outsider.I know that the European and American discriminates people in Asians because for them Asians are just worker and in their country. I think that is the reason why they call us ASIAN not foreigners.
@cloud31 (5809)
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6 Mar 10
Hi , actually they don't discriminate Asians,I'm sorry if you get me wrong about my meaning to starts up with this topic.
I just try to make a way to clarifies that "A person who visited other country" will still be called a "Foreigner" no matter what nationality you belong.
No matter Is an "Asian, European,Italian,American,British and so on! We are all being called a foreigner once we step in to other country.
I'm bit regret actually when I posted this topic, i don't really mean made a people thinks about discrimination! I just want to let everyone knows The word foreigner is for everyone/everybody who is visiting other nation/place no matter you are Asians.
I would like to apologize to those people who seems getting a bit odd about this topic,I never thought of discrimination "and actually this topic is for a friend who cannot understand the meaning of "FOREIGNER"..(if you can notice my example at the end of this topic".And the question that I have with her.
Myself either owns a lot of friendship with those people who used to be called "Foreigner" and I don't see any trace of discrimination between them and myself.
Please don't mislead the my meaning in posting this topic.
Thank you and Have A nice day!
@JordanF (8)
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6 Mar 10
there are several meanings for the word foreign in the dictionary, ones most applied to the meaning of foreigners in this context are "strange or unfamiliar", "alien" and "external to own's own country or nation". so pretty much, a foreigner in this context would be an outside from another country or part of country going to somewhere different from where they are used to.
@cloud31 (5809)
•
6 Mar 10
Hi , actually they don't discriminate Asians,I'm sorry if you get me wrong about my meaning to starts up with this topic.
I just try to make a way to clarifies that "A person who visited other country" will still be called a "Foreigner" no matter what nationality you belong.
No matter Is an "Asian, European,Italian,American,British and so on! We are all being called a foreigner once we step in to other country.
I'm bit regret actually when I posted this topic, i don't really mean made a people thinks about discrimination! I just want to let everyone knows The word foreigner is for everyone/everybody who is visiting other nation/place no matter you are Asians.
I would like to apologize to those people who seems getting a bit odd about this topic,I never thought of discrimination "and actually this topic is for a friend who cannot understand the meaning of "FOREIGNER"..(if you can notice my example at the end of this topic".And the question that I have with her.
Myself either owns a lot of friendship with those people who used to be called "Foreigner" and I don't see any trace of discrimination between them and myself.
Please don't mislead the my meaning in posting this topic.
Thank you and Have A nice day!
