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WillowIX · 07-02-2002, 01:28 PM

I always thought that the orient was a geographical description for the eastern asian countries. The people from it would the be called orientals. Is that discriminating? Does that mean you can´t call people from Scandinavia Scandinavians?

[ 07-02-2002, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: WillowIX ]

07-02-2002, 01:28 PM	#4
WillowIX Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: By a big blue lake, Canada Age: 51 Posts: 4,628	I always thought that the orient was a geographical description for the eastern asian countries. The people from it would the be called orientals. Is that discriminating? Does that mean you can´t call people from Scandinavia Scandinavians? [ 07-02-2002, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: WillowIX ] __________________ Confuzzled by nature.