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[Jonathan Lighter]

> doesn't really leap off the page

Next you'll be insisting that "s/he" and "tey" offend your DWEM esthetics too.

So benighted....

JL

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
<william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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>> The buzz in college was that "Oriental" is Occident-centric, i.e., racist.  Why? Because East Asian cultures differ considerably and cannot be
>> lumped together.
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>> Also, "the Orient" is an exotic Euro-American construct.
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>> JL
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> But "Murder on the non-Occident Express" doesn't really leap off the page, does it?
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