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We couldn't find any older threads to dig up?No, the term refers to "from the Orient"; simple as that: anything else read into that is something that does not follow.
This.Speaking personally, I prefer Asian to oriental.
I can attest that the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok is one of the world's best.Orenitals are hotels or rugs, not people.
I could afford to live on my retirement there.I can attest that the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok is one of the world's best.
I doubt it. I'm still crying over the bill for setting my 10th wedding anniversary party there.I could afford to live on my retirement there.
Well, not Bangkok, there's a group of burned out bomb loaders in Phuket and I'm so tempted to go join my boysI doubt it. I'm still crying over the bill for setting my 10th wedding anniversary party there.
Well, there shouldn't be a problem using the N-word either, because there shouldn't have been a time where that term was used in a system of slavery. But there was. And thus, there is.
The n-word comes from the Latin "nigra", which literally means means "black". "Negro" has the same root.I find that weird too. It's a combination of negro and Niger which both me black. It shouldn't be a derisive word to begin with.
...Caucasian is a word that is used to refer to people belonging to many different parts of the world, including Asia. In fact, Caucasians include people from western, central, and southern Asia.
There are Caucasian people in the West of the great country of China who are Caucasian, but have lived in China for thousands of years.
Hotels are a LOT cheaper in Phuket than in Bangkok.Well, not Bangkok, there's a group of burned out bomb loaders in Phuket and I'm so tempted to go join my boys
Right on Far East/East Asia. I was thinking of mentioning that on this thread. Glad you did."Far East" has been replaced in recent usage by "East Asia." Its counterpart "Occidental" means "Western".
I've never heard that song sound better.
LovelyI've never heard that song sound better.
If we're Jamming this AM here's Ki&Ki I love these two, I love their music, I love the Shamisen
wow they can shred!I've never heard that song sound better.
If we're Jamming this AM here's Ki&Ki I love these two, I love their music, I love the Shamisen
I wonder if you can play an American banjo with a window scraper too.wow they can shred!
Not by a long shot...I wonder if you can play an American banjo with a window scraper too.
WOW!Not by a long shot...
But this gal can!
I can attest that the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok is one of the world's best.
Go to Amazon and type in Oriental Trading CompanyI forgot about the Express. How can I forget about the Oriental Express?
Maybe because it's the Orient Express?I forgot about the Express. How can I forget about the Oriental Express?
Yes, "Oriental Express" sounds like the name of an Asian delivery restaurant owned by non-Asians.Maybe because it's the Orient Express?
Maybe because it's the Orient Express?