MtnTraveler wrote:
>
> 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?

Just an accurate description of 'perceived' facial appearance. When a
Hong Kong Chinese lab boss of mine wanted to order personalised lab
coats for all of us, she didn't ask what size everyone wore. The Asian
members of the lab got coats nearly their size. We Westerners were given
coats typically about three sizes too large! Given that I was shorter
and slimmer than my boss (and fit into her lab coat), it clearly was a
matter of perception.

>
> > 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!

Exactly.