• TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zipOP
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    5 days ago

    That’s neat! Does it make a difference that they would be the foreigners in my country? Like, are they making fun of themselves?

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    noun: feringhee; plural noun: feringhees; noun: feringhi; plural noun: feringhis 1. DEROGATORY (in India and other parts of Asia) a foreigner, especially one with white skin.

    Ha! The Navajo have a similar word “Belegana”. That is a weird name for a restaurant in Mormon town.

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      It seems to be a term directed at white people, so no, probably not… I don’t speak Hindi, I just remember seeing the etymology of Ferengi a while back. I guess a better (and more modern) comparison would be a restaurant named “FOBs”

      FERINGHEE - India, usually disparaging : a Eurasian especially of Portuguese-Indian descent

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Feringhee