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>> Euafrasia

Is that a new comedy show?

You never heard of non-rhotic?


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If memory serves, Asia was originally just a small province in what we now know as the middle east, but then Africa was originally just a small province on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.


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If memory serves... originally...

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> You never heard of non-rhotic?

izzat a rhotorical question?


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izzat a rhotorical question?

The Lynnwood Rhotory meets for lunch every Wednesday at noon. I don't know if they permit questions of the guest speaker or not.




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Here in China, there is one school named itself NewOriental. It got on in preparing students' English for them to study abroad. Later NewOriental rolled up so much money that even ETS began to tangle with it for confliction of interests.

Here, no one has ever thought Oriental offensive, even without "New".

So, interesting and fancy to know it's indeed an offending word.

I’m learning English. If u find anywhere I can improve my composition, Pls do let me know. Bow.


Do inform me if you see any corrections needed in my written English.
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is seen as eurocentric. "East" of what? But the same could be said with referring to The West.

I've never referred to people as an orientals. I just grew up always saying asian. I'm not sure why. It could be a mil-brat thing. It would take me some effort to not use asian.

It also occurs to me that the word oriental might have some negative connotation of mystery which some people feel may feed into a stereotype. I've argued with several of my friends on this one - with mixed results - that asians in america at least are reaping the fruit of seeds planted not just by whites, but also by asians in history. But even if the argument is correct, I'm not sure why asian would be a preferred term.

OTOH, It would be enough for me that someone ask me not to call them an oriental. I would try to avoid the term in their presence. OTOOH, I tend to forget things pretty easily.






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In The Rope Eater by Ben Jones, a story of Arctic exploration set in American Civil War times, the ship's engine tender is a Muslim man named Aziz who has three hands.




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The Other Other Hand

Would that be the othest hand?


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