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To: randog

Rugs are “oriental”. People are “asian”.


62 posted on 07/06/2007 4:40:20 PM PDT by LetsRok
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To: LetsRok

It’s my impression that in Britain, ‘Asian’ means from the Indian subcontinent area, while those that most Americans would call ‘Asian’ — Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. — still are called Oriental.


67 posted on 07/06/2007 4:43:59 PM PDT by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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