Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bbncc5.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!bbnccv!bbncc5!akhanna From: akhanna@bbncc5.UUCP (Atul C. Khanna) Newsgroups: net.nlang.india Subject: Re: What do you call Indians living over here? Message-ID: <330@bbncc5.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 17:01:29 EDT Article-I.D.: bbncc5.330 Posted: Thu Sep 19 17:01:29 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 01:22:40 EDT References: <516@im4u.UUCP> <517@im4u.UUCP> Reply-To: akhanna@bbncc5.UUCP (Atul C. Khanna) Distribution: na Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 14 In article <517@im4u.UUCP> riddle@im4u.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) writes: >I titled the previous article "A press for Indians in North America" for >lack of anything better, but I'm certainly not happy with the phrase. >What's preferable? I can think of the following choices, all with some >problems: > > -- Indian-Americans (easily confused with American Indians) > -- South-Asian-Americans > -- Bharati-Americans > -- Deshi-Americans > -- "Paki" (often used derogatorily, I know) I think that the term "Paki" (when used) refers exclusively to people of Pakistani origin.