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[–] Broc_Lia ago 

Oriental is also vague. Historically it was used to refer to everyone from Turkey to Japan.

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[–] Goat-Master-5000 ago 

Nobody assumes that a Turk is an "Oriental".

Orientals are Asians; Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, etc.

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[–] Broc_Lia 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Turks are also asians.

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[–] Swamperman ago  (edited ago)

I never said it wasn't. My point is that if you say "Asian" to a British person they immediately know what you mean, but here on Voat it seems to be very US centric with the language. If I said "Asian" to an American they would think of someone from the Far East correct? Asia encompasses the area as you rightly say, Turkey to Japan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient#British_and_Irish_English explains it quite well

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[–] Broc_Lia 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Oh fair enough, I agree. It really annoys me when the yanks get triggered that other english dialects exist.