To: latina4dubya
The Orient means the East. It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Middle East (aka Near East) or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the Continent of Asia.
9 posted on
09/29/2014 9:34:38 AM PDT by
SeekAndFind
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To: All
it’ll immediately become an insult when a republican says it .
10 posted on
09/29/2014 9:35:18 AM PDT by
newnhdad
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To: SeekAndFind; Fiji Hill; Hot Tabasco; DesertRhino
The Orient means the East. It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Middle East (aka Near East) or the Far East, in relation to Europe. that is my understanding... it can include even parts of North Africa... India to Thailand... all inclusive... and that may be why it is offensive... because it is lumping all those ethnicities altogether...
45 posted on
09/29/2014 10:54:08 AM PDT by
latina4dubya
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