关于名词"老外" something about " lao wai "
one rly interesting topic just popped up in my mind
do you get offended when you hear someone calls you "老外", or just uncomfortable or totally cool with it ?
because I'm in canada now and apparently there are a lot of Asian immigrants here
Some Asian people can easily take this issue really seriously when some white people call them FOB ( means fresh off the boat )
how about you guys, If you live in China and hear someone calls you "老外", do you just laugh about it or get offended sometimes ?
Another interesting thing is do you feel making friends in China is hard ? As we all know, Asian people are incline towards shy. About this point, westerns are totally different in my opinion, you guys are more " open-minded" as some of you may know how "面子" is important to Chinese people. For me, I'm kinda like that sometimes, I am kinda afraid of making mistakes because i dont want to embarrass myself, which i think its the term "丢面子" or "丢脸" in Chinese.
Share ur opinion, would like to hear from you guys ~
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每天能听到“老外” 这两个字(上海人一般会说 "那国宁")
我早就习惯了。
我有时候也会管我自己叫“老外“。。。比如
我昨天去医院看病把资料交给医生的时候,他问我“这个名字怎么念? 我等会会叫你过来”
我说“你就叫老外好了”
跟你所说的”FOB”完全不一样。 FOB这个说法有一定的歧视在内。。。但话收回来,我读高中的时候大部分的朋友都来自于别的国家,什么印度啊,非洲等,跟他们开玩笑时经常会说FOB,他们也会叫我 whity. 在朋友们之间可以这么说。
无论如何,不管是“老外”,“外国人”,“FOB”,“黑人”什么的,想知道那个人有没有歧视的话就注意他的态度和语气。
在中国找中国“男的”朋友很难。不知道为什么,我目前缺少中国男的朋友。
这个与面子有关系吗?我不觉得。
但“脸皮薄”对我来说只是一个借口而已。 难道去找工作老板问你你英文如何时他就会接受“很好但由于我脸皮薄,比较害羞,我口语不怎么样”这个回答吗?
世界上没有脸皮薄的人,只有缺少足够自信的人(脸皮厚是有的,呵呵,那就是太有自信的)
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‘老外’没有任何歧视意义。 中国人,互相还称要好的朋友‘老王’、‘老张’……对于楼上的李汉伦,我们也可以称作‘老李’,也没有其实的意思,没有老的意思(old)。相反,关系好的时候,才更倾向于这么叫,也是为了图个方便,绝没有什么歧视的意思,这个国外的朋友长久以来都会有些误解。
中国,老的词语很多,东北关于关系好的兄弟或朋友叫‘老铁’;共同故乡的人叫‘老乡’;Manager 中文叫‘老板’ Wife 中文叫‘老婆’ …………哈哈……
如果中国人走出国门的时候,也会像李汉伦那样说,‘我是老外,叫我老外吧’,That‘s OK.
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@ Lucia, I'll help you correct your English
这里不能说local因为前面没有说到具体的城市。
I'm a CHINESE girl and in my opinion, "老外" IS just a common name FOR foreigners, black or white, it's a neutral noun. If you FEEL OFFENDED, I'm sorry.
注意,英语好 = good English 而不是 well English
When IT comes to making friends, I don't think Chinese people are shy, THOUGH I CAN SEE WHY YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT. IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE OUR English is not GOOD enough to EXPRESS ourselves VERY WELL. TAKE ME FOR EXAMPLE, I can chat with you HERE but it doesn't MEAN when we meet face to face I can chat with you freely. I GET NERVOUS when I speak English. I ALWAYS worry about my grammar, LACK OF vocabulary and pronunciation. So some of US will escape from the chance talking with you GUYS.
最后一句话比较”中式“, 最好改个说法:
So if a chance to talk with a foreigner comes along, many Chinese people would pass it up.
还有,你说话跟Mac是个老外一样。。。他是中国人。
Like 李汉伦 said, it's easier to make FRIENDS with GIRLS. THERE'S AN OLD Chinese saying, (应该在这里写再翻译成英语)GIRLS MAKE friends through words WHEREAS MEN MAKE friends through action. Just by TALKING, A GIRL can MAKE a new friend WITH SOMEONE who WAS a COMPLETE stranger BEFOREHAND. But MEN are not like THAT at all, they make frineds by DOING something together. DOES IT WORK THE SAME WHERE YOU ARE FROM?
THERE ARE a lot of mistakes ABOVE aren't there? COULD you HELP ME CORRECT THEM?
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“洋鬼子”才是骂人的,或者“日本鬼子”,旧社会侵略我们的时候我们都是这样叫的,因为太可恨了,但是老外是对现在的所有外国人的一个统称,应该说是个中性词,可有时候也可以是娱乐性的叫法,加拿大人都知道大山吧?他经常在说相声的时候称自己老外
大部分中国人还是不会英语的,像妈妈级的奶奶级的,老了也不想学什么语言了,呵呵,如果他们想议论一个外国人的话,很自然的就会说老外怎样怎样的而不是说那个人怎样,说“老外”大家自然就知道你说的谁了(比如黄头发蓝眼睛啦),要是说“这个人”或“那个人”的话,另一个听话的人还得想一下你说的是哪个人啊(比如街上有一大堆人)
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这个问题应该归咎于文化理解上的差异罢了
老外没有贬义的意思。正如:Jason . 牧牧 和Michelle 说的那样,在中国,这样的称呼其实也算是一种昵称吧。
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