| Oriental 09:34 - Dec 20 with 4722 views | Wicksy |
Apparently now offensive.
'Come on down to our Oriental town' is a lyric in a production of Aladdin.
People taking offense .
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| Oriental on 15:57 - Dec 20 with 1157 views | Radlett_blue |
| Oriental on 13:23 - Dec 20 by jaykay |
if they are to the west , is that where that dreadful shorten word for western oriental gentleman comes from ? |
Rather like the Major in Fawlty Towers. In his anecdote, the Major tells Basil Fawlty that he went to the Test with a woman who "kept referring to the Indians as n1ggers. 'No, no, no,' I said, 'the n1ggers are the West Indians. These people are wogs.'"
Not everyone got that it was actually the Major & his type who were being lampooned, in the same way as Johnny Speight was using Alf Garnett to poke fun at his racist, bigoted views. |  |
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| Oriental on 16:51 - Dec 20 with 1111 views | SaigonTractor |
| Oriental on 14:59 - Dec 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
As I understand it you can call a thing Oriental, such as a rug, but not a person. It's south east Asian.
Don't believe everything the Mail/Express tell you. |
But yes this is broadly correct. Living in Vietnam you see plenty of places with Orient in the name, but most people I know wouldn't be pleased with me calling them Oriental. Especially considering the region's history with colonialism. [Post edited 20 Dec 2022 16:58]
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| Oriental on 17:04 - Dec 20 with 1097 views | mrshallisfit |
I'm about to order an Oriental takeaway. With chips. |  | | |
| Oriental on 17:37 - Dec 20 with 1072 views | noggin |
| Oriental on 09:37 - Dec 20 by Wicksy |
First I've heard of it |
Try moving away from 1971. |  |
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| Oriental on 17:48 - Dec 20 with 1055 views | Keno |
| Oriental on 15:57 - Dec 20 by Radlett_blue |
Rather like the Major in Fawlty Towers. In his anecdote, the Major tells Basil Fawlty that he went to the Test with a woman who "kept referring to the Indians as n1ggers. 'No, no, no,' I said, 'the n1ggers are the West Indians. These people are wogs.'"
Not everyone got that it was actually the Major & his type who were being lampooned, in the same way as Johnny Speight was using Alf Garnett to poke fun at his racist, bigoted views. |
I was having that conversation about Till Death do us part yesterday, its surprising how people dont get it.
Dont think it would made today |  |
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| Oriental on 17:53 - Dec 20 with 1052 views | factual_blue |
| Oriental on 14:59 - Dec 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
As I understand it you can call a thing Oriental, such as a rug, but not a person. It's south east Asian.
Don't believe everything the Mail/Express tell you. |
What about
Westernised
Oriental
Gentleman
(asking for a racist) |  |
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| Oriental on 20:28 - Dec 20 with 996 views | Whos_blue |
Oriental as a descriptor started to be replaced by South East Asian over a decade ago.
It's a fairly easy change to make. Some words and phrases just become dated. You just have to want to make the effort to adopt the change. |  |
| Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness. |
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| Oriental on 22:13 - Dec 20 with 956 views | HARRY10 |
People taking offence ?
Surely that sort of thing should be banned, or cancelled as the righties are told to refer to it as.
I mean how dare people have an opinion on something, that is different to others ? | | | |
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| Oriental on 08:16 - Dec 21 with 846 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Oriental on 14:59 - Dec 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
As I understand it you can call a thing Oriental, such as a rug, but not a person. It's south east Asian.
Don't believe everything the Mail/Express tell you. |
Not sure why bluebudgie's downarrowed this. Not a fan of facts? Or a fan of being racist? |  |
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| Oriental on 10:04 - Dec 21 with 769 views | Bluespeed225 |
‘Can we still say that Michael?’ ‘Your alright Mr Partridge, cos’ it’s a race of people and also a food’ | | | |
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