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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from a 1913 dictionary, which is now badly out of date.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