Dec 29, 2023 · Oriental is less accurate because the orient includes those places you listed. The eastern terminal of the Orient Express was in Istanbul. “Orient” basically means “east of Europe”. Reply reply …

I have oriental flavored ramen noodles, oriental rugs, a lot of old literature uses the word orient. Yet, I called a person Oriental, and the room went silent. I had no idea this happened. When did it become …

Feb 25, 2023 · What does "Oriental Art" even refer to? East Asian art? Art from the Islamic world? From the Indian subcontinent? All of these different art cultures can be considered "oriental" by definition, …

Jan 5, 2022 · Is the word Oriental Derogatory? I think I could google this but I'd like a direct answer from real people. So my family lives in the southern US and the older people say Oriental like, a lot. I …

Jan 9, 2024 · Someone called her out on her channel name, “oriental” pearl, huge lack of self-awareness was her response. At her peak she was begging for more subscribers hoping to be …

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The fact that "oriental" as a noun was frequenty used as a slur led to the more widespead perception of the word as offensive overall, even when used as an adjective.

Mar 11, 2023 · So Oriental Orthodox literally believe that the divine nature died on the cross, and plenty of their theologians have stated so directly. I don't know how they can make any sense of that. They …

Mar 27, 2024 · r/OrientalPearl: Learning Chinese, Japanese, Korean This is a long, rambling post but I promise I have a purpose in making it. Beginner learning Cantonese here. I started out intending to …

Oriental is a bit of a confusing adjective to use given how it literally just means Eastern only via Latin rather than Germanic languages. Historically, they called us Nestorian heretics, and they said they …