Curt Fischer wrote:

> necoandjeff wrote:
> 
>>"Curt Fischer" <crf3@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
>>news:2qg4qpFtrr38U1@uni-berlin.de...
>>
>>>Paul Blay wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Curt Fischer" wrote ...
>>>>
>>>>>necoandjeff wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>British people are speaking English but "hicks from the Midwest or
>>>>South" are speaking American.
>>>
>>>Yeah but what Jeff wants to know is "what someone gains from
>>>continuing to use a word that some people may consider offensive?"
>>>Why does it matter where the some people that may consider it
>>>offensive are from?
>>
>>If I were a Brit who relocated to California and determined that
>>Oriental isn't a word that is looked upon well by the people around
>>me, I would stop using it. Pretty simple isn't it?
> 
> 
> If you were a Californian who moved to the Midwestorsouth and determined
> that Oriental isn't a word that is frowned upon by the people around you,
> would you start using it?  Would you at least concede that there is no
> reason the people around you should stop?

Midwestorsouthern hicks who say "oriental" are just as funny as Japanese
hicks who say わし and おる. ホホホ.

- Kevin