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Originally Posted by Esel Mann
hmmm, well that could pizz some off. it was taught to me 'oriental' is descriptive of objects, BUT NOT people. i don't use that term period, even with objects. i was told very matter of factly that said term is aliken to well you know....
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Actually, "Oriental" meant "from the East" and originally was describing the MIDDLE East, or Central and SW Asia. It means the Tigris River Valley, Babylon, Iraq.