In Britain, 'Asian' has come to mean 'South Asian'.  In America, 'Asian' has come to mean what Britain calls 'East Asian'.  In Australia, 'Asian' has come to mean what Britain calls 'South East and East Asian'.  Since 'Asian' is the highest common factor (there - that dates my mathematics education, doesn't it?), perhaps we ought to ensure that it covers the people from everywhere between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Peter
Peter B Freshwater MA, DipLib, FSA Scot
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On 25/02/2013 08:44, msherwood wrote:
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Yes, of course. But I doubt that we should be calling it ‘Asian’. A rather large continent, with many histories. I know it is ponderous, but the area we are concerned with is ‘Indian sub-continent’, no?