Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> 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 wonder if they got it from the American G.I.s stationed there? The
term doesn't exist in Tagalog or Passa Thai. Perhaps Americanization of
the local languages?

> I've heard "Big Nose" from
> Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese.
>
> So it seems to vary from country to country.

Why not? ) Everything else seems to!