India, what does three mean?

A San of India evolved from "A San of Red Head" because "A San of Red Head" refers to Indians.

The etymology of "Red-headed Asan" is from Shanghai dialect. In the old days, there were concessions in Shanghai. Most of the police officers (small policemen) in the British concession were Indians transferred from the British colony of India. Because they believed in Sikhism, they all wore headscarves (of course, they usually wore white scarves before serving as police officers). As uniforms, the headscarves of Indian policemen were marked with' red'. This is

As for Ah San, there are two versions:

First, people at that time described the monkey as "Ah San" (why is unknown). In the eyes of Chinese people, all foreigners behave like monkeys, especially the Indians, who feel that they are still a head, a head, and a head higher than India because of the "superiority" of the nation. To be a civil servant, you need to know English, but because they know English, they also like to put on airs in front of China people. Usually, when they are not fluent in Chinese, they will unconsciously add "I SAY ..." (I say ...) Because the pronunciation of I say is very close to that of "A San", they are called "A San".

There is another version. At that time, India claimed to be the third power in the world after the United States and the Soviet Union, so we called them "A San" as a joke.

The origin of India's A San is that in the past, Indians arrogantly declared that the United States was a pole and the former Soviet Union was a pole because they were leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement (a loose alliance composed of dozens of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America). Self-esteem is quite high, didn't put China's eyes, finally arrogant and China had a fight. Of course, as you know, the China people gently slapped his ass twice with plastic soles. Since then, India has been a disgrace, saying that heroes don't spank when they hit their faces, especially when they lift their pants after the fight, and then send them home with good advice. This is even more shameful. Up to now, Indians can't forgive China. Since then, some people in China have kindly called India Asan. Of course, Vietnam later called itself the third in the world, but it seems that China people have always scoffed at it. Up to now, no one has called Vietnam A San.

Another way of saying it: Not only Shanghai, but also Hong Kong, as a British colony, has long called Indians "Three Indians". At that time, India had not joined the Non-Aligned Movement.

Besides, 7 or 8 years ago, Shanghai was still a concession, so there were many foreigners, especially the British, who accounted for the vast majority! In order to maintain public order in the Shanghai Concession, the British recruited many Sikhs from India to be security policemen (the term at that time was called patrolling).

These Indians have dark skin, and because of their religious beliefs, they all have red scarves around their heads. So Shanghainese called these Indian policemen "red-headed and black-charcoal" at first.

However, civil servants in the British system (especially the police) have long been used to being called SIR (see Jackie Chan's police films for details, don't they all call the police SIR A or Police SIR? ）。 In addition, Shanghainese have always been used to adding an "a" in front of monosyllabic words. So the Shanghainese shouted and called Sir Ah San, and the Indian police were called "Red-headed Ah San".

A few months later, Shanghainese found that not every Indian is a Sikh who wears a red scarf, and there are many people of other religions in India who don't wear a red scarf. Therefore, Shanghainese simply changed "Red-headed Ah San" to "India Ah San", so this impolite nickname has been used ever since, and almost everyone in Chinese areas is still used to calling Indians "India Ah San".

There is also a highly reliable saying that has been included in the slang dictionary encyclopedia! At that time, the people in Shanghai Concession often had to communicate with these Indian policemen, but the English of China people was not good and the English of Indians was grotesque, so the "communication between the police and the people" in Shanghai at that time could be said to be a chicken talking with a duck, which was very unsmooth!

However, Shanghainese have actually found new fun from this kind of chicken-and-duck communication. Because they found that every time the Indian police met the glib Shanghai people, they would always be red-faced and hesitant, and they liked to stammer and repeat: "I Say.....I Say ...". Therefore, Shanghainese changed the Indian police's classic stuttering sentence: "I Say" and pronounced it in Shanghai dialect into "A San".

It is because of the above two inexplicable reasons that "Indian" and "Indian Sam" have been forcefully equated from now on. Come to think of it, Indians are really wronged! For no reason, the nickname "India Asan" has been added!

On a Chinese Odyssey in Stephen Chow, the Tang Priest was nicknamed "That Indian Sam", which was very funny.

Comrade Xiaoping once said: We in China will never seek hegemony, never stand out and never be the boss! After listening to this, Gandhi of India sighed and said, "Alas! It seems that we only have to be the third child in the Millennium! "

India's Sam got his name!