Oriental vs. Asian

[nq:1]Was wondering in North American culturure I always thought it was PC notto refer to people as Oriental but instead by country of origin or Asian. AmI wrong on this. Can someone help me research this? I am wildly curious. Lava[/nq]
Oriental has no bad conotations where I live.

[nq:2]Was wondering in North American culturure I always thought it was PC not[/nq]
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[nq:2]refer to people as Oriental but instead by country of origin or Asian.Am[/nq]
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[nq:2]wrong on this. Can someone help me research this? I am wildly curious. Lava[/nq]
[nq:1]Oriental has no bad conotations where I live.[/nq]
Where do you live ans why does it hav

I live in New England,and I said it has no bad conotations. Asian and Oriental are both acceptable.

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Please cite your source.
Lava

[nq:2]I live in New England, and I said it has no bad connotations. Asian and Oriental are both acceptable.[/nq]
[nq:1]Please cite your source. Lava[/nq]
Can you describe or define what sort of a source you need? It's very difficult to ascribe a point of origin for something nonexistant. Never having read anything on nonexistentialism I can point you no further perfectly accurately (if tha

[nq:1]Was wondering in North American culturure I always thought it was PC not to refer to people as Oriental but instead by country of origin or Asian. Am I wrong on this. Can someone help me research this? I am wildly curious. Lava[/nq]
I can't cite anything beyond the company that I work for, an Austin based Americam company, stating that we will use the word 'Asian'. I never thought Orient

Youth in Asia is a very controversial topic right now in the States, especially in Oregon. :-)
Israel "izzy" Cohen

[nq:1]Youth in Asia is a very controversial topic right now in the States,[/nq]
Anything about the pact that Abram signed with the kings of the area his kids are reneging on lately?

ray o'hara *is* the source of this personal observation from New England.
Ray might not have conducted a thorough survey of people in the various communities and ethnic groups of New England, but even so it is possible for someone living in an area to have a general understanding of whether some people find particular words offensive.
The point is that if a group of people find a word offe

[nq:1]Was wondering in North American culturure I always thought it was PC not to refer to people as Oriental but instead by country of origin or Asian. Am I wrong on this. Can someone help me research this? I am wildly curious. Lava[/nq]
I know your question is about North American usage, but...

As regularly discussed here and in Another Place, BrE usage of 'Asian' refers to people f