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Bob Terwilliger[_1_] Bob Terwilliger[_1_] is offline
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MtnTraveler wrote:

> I think you might find that "Roundeye" would be strictly a Hollywood movie
> expression. Asians call Westerners 'Big Nose.'


"Roundeye" is a common expression in the Philippines and Thailand. I've
heard it a couple times in Korea as well. I've heard "Big Nose" from
Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese.

So it seems to vary from country to country.

Bob