tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post1614975178387906698..comments2024-03-26T15:29:31.939+09:00Comments on on the edge of ordinary: Australia is not AsiaWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882558757262419263noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-46953551481438078212009-10-15T14:53:28.995+09:002009-10-15T14:53:28.995+09:00In answer to the last question, Ken, today I happe...In answer to the last question, Ken, today I happened to run into colleagues who've been working in the Philippines for the last 14 years. They said Filipinos would call themselves SE Asians. Our friends have been in tribal regions in the south and said that the tribal peoples are probably closer to Melanasia/Polynesians. Of course the Philippines are very multi-ethinic with more than 150 languages spoken and have a number of non-ethnic backgrounds too, having had many colonists - Spanish, American and Japanese.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882558757262419263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-72377129938279298402009-10-15T07:12:21.327+09:002009-10-15T07:12:21.327+09:00If you compare Australia, which is a single countr...If you compare Australia, which is a single country, with Asia, which is not, it raises an interesting question. Are all Asians Asian?<br /><br />I've often wondered if Filipinos, for example, are really Asian in the sense we are talking about.Ken Rolphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-29284984412984682372009-10-13T14:58:36.057+09:002009-10-13T14:58:36.057+09:00What sort of subjects, Laurie? I know Tokyo-ites w...What sort of subjects, Laurie? I know Tokyo-ites will ask about your age with less shame than an Australian.<br /><br />Regards sports, yes those sports have come from Japan but they are very prescribed - heaps of rules. I wouldn't call them very individualistic sports.<br /><br />But we have discussion going here folks. Feel free to contribute.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882558757262419263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-60118885067398377772009-10-13T12:44:17.662+09:002009-10-13T12:44:17.662+09:00Not direct?! Just depends on the subject and the r...Not direct?! Just depends on the subject and the region. Believe me, on some topics Tsugaru Jin are WAY MORE direct than they are in New England.<br /><br />And as for individualism... as my husband loves to point out - none of the sports originating in Japan are team sports.Laurie Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050638909884384881noreply@blogger.com