necoandjeff wrote:

> "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2qh8vaFv03a0U9@uni-berlin.de...
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> That's a problem because I've been known to use both...

Wow. You look amazing for your age.

- Kevin