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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?


Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on the
"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

http://www.randomhouse.com/words/language/oq_chart.html

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?


Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on
the
"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

http://www.randomhouse.com/words/language/oq_chart.html




Two strikes. You do not get an accurate view of the world from the web,
either. I told you to try using the term on some living, breathing Asians.
Do it.

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on the
"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.

Educated and enlightened people don't use it, ever, to
talk about Asians. Never.

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on
the
"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.

And "Grecian" is always indicated as an adjective *OR* a *NOUN*.

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on

the

"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.


And "Grecian" is always indicated as an adjective *OR* a *NOUN*.

No, it isn't.

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians
you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on

the

"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.


And "Grecian" is always indicated as an adjective *OR* a *NOUN*.

No, it isn't.

It certainly is...at least according to the same "on-line-dictionary" litmus
test you used for the word "oriental".

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on
the
"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.


Not he

http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Oriental

or here

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/oriental%20person

or here

http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/oriental.html

In fact, I cannot find anything on the net that refers to the use of the
word Oriental as offensive.

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians
you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO
on
the
"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.


Not he

http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Oriental

or here

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/oriental%20person

or here

http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/oriental.html

In fact, I cannot find anything on the net that refers to the use of the
word Oriental as offensive.

I found an online dictionary site that refers to it as offensive...but that
matters not. ****tard clearly said "ANY online dictionary"...and you've
posted at least three examples contrary to his claim.

When I was younger, the term "Oriental" wasn't offensive. Somehow, it's
slowly becoming an offensive term.

When my grandmother was younger, the term she used for black people (can you
still say "black people" nowadays?) was "colored"...and it wasn't
offensive. During my entire life, the term has been offensive.

It all boils down to this: if a non-white person calls an oriental an
oriental, then it's ok. If a white person says it, then it's offensive.

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians
you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO
on
the
"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.


Not he

http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Oriental

or here

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/oriental%20person

or here

http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/oriental.html

In fact, I cannot find anything on the net that refers to the use of the
word Oriental as offensive.

Don't get out much? It's on par with "negro". That might not get you smacked
in the mouth if you said it to a black man, but I guarantee you'd be the
subject of disparaging remarks.

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I imagine these same ****wits who are insisting
"Grecian" is correct also still want to call Asians
"Orientals".

Asians *are* orientals you idiot.




Why don't you try running the term "Oriental" by the next few Asians you
meet and see sort of reaction you get?



Here's a neat link, Doug. The term "Oriental" rates a big, fat ZERO on

the

"disparagement scale" of the "Offensiveness Quotient".

Look at the definition of "oriental" in ANY on-line
dictionary (we know you don't own a printed one). The
definition meaning "Asian person" is ALWAYS indicated
as offensive. Always.



Not he

http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Oriental

Oh, yes they are! The Webster definition "there" is
from a 1913 dictionary, which is now badly out of date.
The other one there explicitly says, "for people of
South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is
preferred to `Oriental'"

You stupid ****.


or here

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/oriental%20person

Oh, yes it does! If you click on "Oriental" in the
list of synonyms, it says *exactly* what the one above
does: "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the
term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'".


or here

http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/oriental.html

Oh, yes it does! The same again. ALLLLLLL your
citations say "for people of South and East Asian
ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'".


In fact, I cannot find anything on the net that refers to the use of the
word Oriental as offensive.

Yes, you can: you already have.

Here are a couple mo

3 often capitalized, sometimes offensive : ASIAN
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...iental&x=0&y=0


n. often Oriental Often Offensive. An Asian.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=oriental


taboo term: a highly offensive term for somebody
from eastern Asia
Encarta online dictionary