Pc Bullshit

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i get called an englishman, the scots are cool with scotsman.
if i call someone from china a chinaman my wife gets all salty.
its confuddling

I'm with your wife on this one.   If I hear my husband saying "Chinaman" I get all salty too.  Let Wiki explain.

Chinaman (/ˈtʃaɪnə.mən/) is an ethnic slur, a pejorative term referring to a Chinese man or person, a Mainland Chinese national or, in some cases, a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived East Asian race. While the term has no negative connotations in older dictionaries[1][2] and the usage of such compound terms as Englishman, Frenchman and Irishman[3] are sometimes cited as unobjectionable parallels,[4] the term is noted as having pejorative overtones by modern dictionaries. Its derogatory connotations evolved from its use in pejorative contexts regarding Chinese people and other Asians[5] as well as its grammatical incorrectness which resembles stereotypical characterizations of Chinese accents in English-speaking associated with discrimination.[6][7][8] While usage of the term Chinaman is nowadays strongly discouraged by Asian American organizations,[9][10][11][12] it has also been used as a self-referential archetype by authors and artists of Asian descent.[13] It may have come from literal translation into English of the Chinese term for "Chinese man/person", 中國人 (Zhōngguó rén) = "China man/person".