necoandjeff wrote:
> "Dale Walker" <dale@sorted.org> wrote in message
> news:3845k0tuo9uj6af8lo055rbp492da1668o@4ax.com...

>> In the UK, 'Asian' is reserved for south asian peoples like those
>> from India and the other more easterly asians are all more often
>> than not called 'oriental' unless they're often mistakenly just
>> called 'Chinese' which from my experience significantly pisses off
>> more non chinese asians than anythnig else I can think of.
>
> Well, Brits are forgiven for using words like Oriental because they
> say it in such a charming way. Plus there's no chance of being
> thought of as some hick from the Midwest or the South.

necoandjeff, earlier in the thread, also wrote:

> Choosing your words based on how it may or may not make others feel is
> the very essence of being considerate is it not?

What is this huge double standard you have that makes it fine for British
people to say "Oriental" but not for "hicks from the Midwest or South" to do
so?

-- 
Curt Fischer