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I had a English speaker friend. Several days ago, I made a English speaker friend from a website. We use email for contact each other. I always make oddly sentences but he can read. well... If the exam is friendly like talking with ABC, it will be better for me= =" I do not know how to call "foreigners", I think "foreigner" is not a friendly word but I am not sure. Is "ABC" better than "foreigner"?

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I had an English speaking friend.

Several days ago, I made friend with an English speaking guy on a website.
We use emails to contact each other.
I always make odd sentences but he can read.
well...
If exams are as friendly as talking with ABCs, it will be better for me= ="
I do not know how to call "foreigners", I think "foreigner" is not a friendly word but I am not sure. Is "ABC" better than "foreigner"?

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OHHHH, my American friend told me the "ABC" means "American born Chinese". But in Taiwan, we usually call the foreigner "ABC".
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hi,Katya! in Chinese, foreigner is same to"外國人", it is a normal and not unpolite word. so i do not know that others how to think the word(foreigner). thank you very mush~ your information is useful for me^___^
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Alice, if you call someone "ABC" that means he/she is a beginner at something, but I wouldn't say it is polite to do every time when you refer to the person. Just call him by his name, or say "I am not native". "Foreigner" is kind of rude as well because it has the tint of invader notion, so better call a person "my Australian/ American/ Chinese friend" :))) Safe and easy. Good luck!
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:P really? What word do you used to describe them?

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