My reaction was the same as Bill's: Native American. Interestingly, those who are from Australasia fasten on the meaning of someone from the Indian subcontinent. Which just proves that your reactions are determined by your surroundings and experience, which we already knew. What's more to the point is what emotional reaction comes with it. In my case, "indian" i.e., native american, is something tinged with mystery, something somewhat exotic, since I have never personally known an American Indian and know nothing about them but what I have read in books, most of which make the Indians somewhat romantic figures. This in spite of the fact that I do know Indians (in the other sense) personally, and have no particular emotive reaction to that sense of the word. Indian indians are not exotic to me because I know some and they are real people to me like any others.
