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Posted: Jul 14th, 2015 - 5:06 pm In Reply to: Would you change "oriental" to "Asian" in a dictation? - verbatim/shcmerbatim

Huh? When did oriental become derogatory. First off, "the orient" refers to the geographical area of East Asia. There is also a West Asia, SW Asia, etc. Oriental is just a word derived from East...

So, leave the silly thing alone and stop overthinking all this so-called PC stuff. It's just nonsense.

Oriental is not a slang term like some words (which I am not going to type) are to describe people of certain color or regions.

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Would you change "oriental" to "Asian" in a dictation? - verbatim/shcmerbatim (Views: 912, 2015-07-14, 2:04 pm)
- Probably because Asian is the more accepted term. - Many Asians resent the term "oriental". (Views: 638, 2015-07-14, 2:06 pm)
  - Yes nm - Humbug (Views: 571, 2015-07-14, 2:22 pm)
- Absolutely not--this is verbatim and not at - our discretion (Views: 648, 2015-07-14, 2:36 pm)
- If this is verbatim, - NO. (Views: 1149, 2015-07-14, 2:57 pm)
- it depends - anon (Views: 535, 2015-07-14, 4:21 pm)
- Huh? - see msg
  - FYI, oriental is mainly - used (Views: 675, 2015-07-14, 6:37 pm)
- I wouldnt change it even if it wasnt a verbatim account - not right (Views: 636, 2015-07-14, 7:55 pm)
- Questions - Politically correct (Views: 617, 2015-07-14, 10:21 pm)
- . - . (Views: 575, 2015-07-15, 8:40 am)
  - . - . (Views: 516, 2015-07-16, 7:37 pm)
- Since when did oriental become.sm - Anon (Views: 565, 2015-07-15, 1:20 pm)
- No. I am Asian/Oriental - see message - Anon (Views: 589, 2015-07-15, 11:16 pm)
- No, I would not change it--sm - anon (Views: 513, 2015-07-18, 5:49 pm)