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To: ml/nj

... Asians are Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, &C

My Vietnamese wife doesn’t like the term Asian. She is Oriental.


8 posted on 01/12/2017 4:50:53 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: BuffaloJack

I thought Oriental was verboten, non-PC.


13 posted on 01/12/2017 4:51:57 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: BuffaloJack

Technically from a grammar standpoint, things are Oriental.


15 posted on 01/12/2017 4:52:13 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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