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A French...no (a Frenchman, OK). An English... no (an Englishman, OK). A Japanese... yes. A German... yes. An Italian... yes. A Chinese... no (a Chineseman
by pcrh 11y ago
A French...no (a Frenchman, OK).
An English... no (an Englishman, OK).
A Japanese... yes.
A German... yes.
An Italian... yes.
A Chinese... no (a Chineseman, no; Chinaman, also no).
It seems to be pretty random, like a lot of English grammar... "Chinaman" is singled-out as pejorative for historical reasons mostly restricted to the US. Other Europeans had different pejorative nouns for Chinese people.
- gaius 11y agoAgreed. In the UK Chinaman is archaic, but I've never heard it used as a pejorative. Chink would be racist here.