Topics from #eoff! #1: A Very Important Question

<Daniel> Oh. Question.
<Daniel> What do you call a citizen of Hong Kong?
<Daniel> A Hong Kongian?
<Daniel> :(
<Timothy> phone.
<FlyingMullet> oppresed
<Farah> Sounds like King Kong :p
<Daniel> A phone? o_o
<Kane> Hong Kong belongs to China, now. :O
<Timothy> Yes, phone.
<FlyingMullet> well since 1999 they're Chinese
<Daniel> That's an odd name for a Hong Kong citizen.
<Del_Snizz> Nothing belongs to China.
<Daniel> Yeah, but that doesn't change what you call the people from there.
<Daniel> I'm an Aucklander. Just because Auckland is part of NZ doesn't mean I don't come from Auckland.
<Daniel> But what do you call someone from Hong Kong?
<FlyingMullet> how about a Hong Konger?
<Daniel> This is a very important question.
<Timothy> Hong Kongese?

Citizen ####### of the People's Republic of China.

Boy, the party never stops in #eoff...

("A person from Hong Kong" :))

You call them azn, silly.

Hong Konger, duh.

A Hong Bongo!

Unfortunate.

Hong Kongese.

Maybe.

Pfft.
They are chinese, but I heard they keep the same government system that they had under us for about another 25/30 years.

Chaos

I take credit for the "Hong Kongese" suggestion. However, ignore the part about the phone. I was paying no attention to the conversation, and indeed, I had a phone call.

Why would you take credit for that?

Person from Hong Kong = Chinese

"Hey you!" (in Chinese) also works, or you could just ask their name.

Ching Chong

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Originally Posted by Sepho

I take credit for the "Hong Kongese" suggestion. However, ignore the part about the phone. I was paying no attention to the conversation, and indeed, I had a phone call.

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We all know you were wanting to call them "phones".

hong kongians
or hong kongish

A chinese guy from hong kong