And business terms are one thing whereas I'd meant more of an everyday word, as in the OP's thread title where it's used twice. Why are things elsewhere foreign, as in 'visiting a foreign country', or visitors to U.S. often, though not always by any means, foreigners? You'd think in a country so open to and shaped for much of the last century by immigration, the term wouldn't be used as much as it is.

I don't mean to derail this thread and turn it into an OMNIesque topic, just an observation.