Asia and China -> not to be used interchangeably

[ElvenArcher]

Stop referring to pandaria as "Asian". It's purely Chinese. It's like using American to refer only to people living inside the USA.

This is Asia:

Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
China (PRC)
East Timor
Georgia
Hong Kong SAR of China
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Macau SAR of China
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Qatar
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen

[Deleted]

You forgot Turkey and maybe more.

[Darksoldierr]

Just as dont use EU and contries inside EU

[MerinPally]

Stop referring to pandaria as "Asian". It's purely Chinese. It's like using American to refer only to people living inside the USA.

I get your point but where else do you find Americans rather than the USA? The definition of American is those from or of the United States. That doesn't really make sense. A better one would be using England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom interchangeably. England is a country inside Great Britain. Great Britain is England Wales Scotland (and Cornwall). United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

[Zeek Daniels]

Nah im pretty sure pandaria is themed after one of many asian cultures. See what i did there?

[Aquamonkey]

I get your point but where else do you find Americans rather than the USA? The definition of American is those from or of the United States. That doesn't really make sense. A better one would be using England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom interchangeably. England is a country inside Great Britain. Great Britain is England Wales Scotland (and Cornwall). United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Because Canadians and Mexicans are also American. As with everyone from Central and South America.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

The big 4 in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, India) are about the 4 most different countries you could imagine.

[Deleted]

I get your point but where else do you find Americans rather than the USA? The definition of American is those from or of the United States. That doesn't really make sense. A better one would be using England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom interchangeably. England is a country inside Great Britain. Great Britain is England Wales Scotland (and Cornwall). United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Are you telling me that everyone living on the continents of America are from the United states?

[ChocoboRanger]

Russia is def not asian, and most of these listed fall under middle east.

[MerinPally]

Are you telling me that everyone living on the continents of America are from the United states?

Nope, noones that stupid but recently I have wondered. I just googled the definition and what I posted was what came up. Guess the meaning extends then but I've never heard anyone use the term American to mean anything outside the USA. Literally, never. I've only ever heard Canadian, Mexican, American, or South American and then sometimes breaking South American down into other bits. Probably my fault then but I have never ever heard anyone from South America refer to themselves as American.

[Aquamonkey]

Russia is def not asian, and most of these listed fall under middle east.

The majority of Russia's territory is in Asia.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

The majority of Russia's territory is in Asia.

And that's where we fall into the question of "Asia" or "Asian."

Russia and part of the Mid-east is Asia. But they are clearly not Asian.

Asian means East Asia.

[serenka]

Nope, noones that stupid but recently I have wondered. I just googled the definition and what I posted was what came up. Guess the meaning extends then but I've never heard anyone use the term American to mean anything outside the USA. Literally, never. I've only ever heard Canadian, Mexican, American, or South American and then sometimes breaking South American down into other bits. Probably my fault then but I have never ever heard anyone from South America refer to themselves as American.

i think Spain has a word for people from the US, it translates to something like unitesstatsien (think it was spain) but we should all start using that to stop confusion :P


but i agree with you, when someone says "american" you know they are talking about someone from the US, you would never hear anyone say "hes an American" when talking about someone from mexico.

[Aquamonkey]

And that's where we fall into the question of "Asia" or "Asian."

Russia and part of the Mid-east is Asia. But they are clearly not Asian.

Asian means East Asia.

A sizable part of Russia's population have Mongolian features and would be described as Asian.

[Deleted]

And that's where we fall into the question of "Asia" or "Asian."

Russia and part of the Mid-east is Asia. But they are clearly not Asian.

Asian means East Asia.

Asian means of Asia....just bcoz they are white they are not asian? me myself i like calling them eurasian just like turkish people.

also to the op... just bcoz you dont see it doesnt mean there arent other asian influences other than from china.

[Theendgamelv3]

Because Canadians and Mexicans are also American. As with everyone from Central and South America.

Actually you are wrong. When do Canadians and Mexicans call themselves Americans? Also you forget that the USA stands for United States of America. The American comes from the America part. It is more correct to refer Canadians, Mexicans and Americans as North Americans if you wanted to group them. People from South America would be South Americans. This post also towards the opening.

[ElvenArcher]

Asian means of Asia....just bcoz they are white they are not asian? me myself i like calling them eurasian just like turkish people.

also to the op... just bcoz you dont see it doesnt mean there arent other asian influences other than from china.

Really? The only other influences I saw were from Trolls and Silithid, both of which are not real nations, so I would hope.

Give me some examples.

[Yuyuli]

There are a lot of japanse references in Mists, not just chinese as you make it out to be.

[roflwaffle]

America is a bad example cause technically canadians and mexicans are American, North American that is.

[MerinPally]

Actually you are wrong. When do Canadians and Mexicans call themselves Americans? Also you forget that the USA stands for United States of America. The American comes from the America part. It is more correct to refer Canadians, Mexicans and Americans as North Americans if you wanted to group them. People from South America would be South Americans.

Well, according to a more in depth google search, technically anyone from the "Americas" can call themselves American. However, in usage in the English language, Canadians and Mexicans tend to take offense to being called American and it's only meant to refer to someone from the USA. In Spanish, American would be used to mean anyone from the Americas. French, like English, differentiates though. So technically they're correct and I'm incorrect but the English language does make a distinction but it's a pretty personal choice as to whether you employ it.