Re: Asian/Oriental/etc

In a message dated 2003:10:19 12:18:00 AM, butsuri@BUTSURI.FREESERVE.CO.UK
writes:

>While I agree both that the dichotomy is false (as a description of
>Eurasian civilization), and that "Oriental" carries too much baggage,
>is _Asian_ really any better?  Hardly any useful generalization holds
>across the whole of Asia, and this kind of use of the term "Asian"
>doesn't, generally, refer to all of Asia, but to some specific subset
>(and as we've seen, a different subset is usually implied in Britain
>than in America).
    Like a journalist, I was just reporting the current facts or data or
whatever - as I understand them or see/hear them.

>Mind you, I don't have any ideas for a suitable replacement.
    Me either ::makes note to self to consult Roget's...::


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