From: krypsis@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 3/05/2011 12:24 AM, Schweik wrote:   
   > On Mon, 02 May 2011 08:37:43 +0900, DennisMc   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 5/2/2011 8:25 AM, Schweik wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Nice try but "round eye" was common slang in Japan in the late 1950's,   
   >>   
   >> Among GI's. They got it from the USO movies ... out of Hollywood.   
   >   
   > Err.... which USO movies were you referring to?   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> The Chinese commonly use red haired foreigner or foreign devil,   
   >>   
   >> Methinks you've been reading too much James Clavell's "Taipan."   
   >>   
   > Nope, living among Chinese.   
      
   Who are you trying to kid?   
      
   > Who normally refer to foreigners as Gweilo   
   > (ghost man) or Angmo (common in Singapore).   
      
   Ang Mo more commonly is used in Malaysia. Gweilo, on the other hand, is   
   commonly used in Hong Kong and generally amongst Cantonese speakers..   
      
   >   
   > By the way, do you actually know what Tai-Pan means?   
      
   Another reference to a foreign manager/owner of a Hong in Asia, a Hong   
   being a Western trading company.   
      
    >   
   Or Tai-Tai for that matter?   
      
   A wealthy lady, Caucasian or Asian, in Hong Kong who does not have to work.   
   >   
   >>> Are you sure that you know what you are talking about?   
   >>   
   >> Quite sure. And quite sure that you don't. Nice try, though   
   >   
   > Ah, another expert and expert because he says so. Or perhaps just   
   > another fool.   
      
   Well, you're no expert on matters Thai and have proven so many times in   
   the past yet you purport to live there. Proof that you live a parasitic   
   life in Thailand.   
      
   Krypsis   
      
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