necoandjeff wrote:

> "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2qestmFtp9kgU14@uni-berlin.de...
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>>necoandjeff wrote:
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>>>"Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1gjxvec.1syfro8vgplhcN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com...
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>>>
>>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>necoandjeff wrote:
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>>>>>>I wouldn't recommend sitting in any sort
>>>>>>of professional job interview anywhere in the U.S. and using the words
>>>>>>orient or oriental.
>>>>>
>>>>>This is the first I've heard of "orient" as being a word to be avoided.
>>>>
>>>>I assume it's an extension from the avoidance of "oriental".
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>>>For lack of having any actual point to make, he was just nitpicking the
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> fact
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>>>that I didn't capitalize Orient.
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>>Not at all. My comment stands whether you capitalize the word or not.
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> 
> Then perhaps we're beginning to gain some insight into why you don't have a
> job...

Perhaps you can give me some insight as where you get that notion.

- Kevin