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Originally Posted by sextile
-- For argument's sake let's write that after being in LONDON and having ret'd. hither I was writing-about my experiences there, and so on and so forth;
- Let's write that I visited 'THE QUEBEC.' pub. in Old Quebec st., (nick-named 'The Elephants' Grave-yard.'), - possibly known to some of you? - and recounted some of my times therein. Reportedly it is popular with younger men from o'seas. - especially from east of Suez - looking for 'Sugar Daddies.' and suchlike;
- Now, to me, there is a distinction between Asians - people who hail mainly from the Indian sub-continent - and those who come-from farther East. Would I not be correct in calling the latter Orientals, as a catch-all word?
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Would not "South Asian", "East Asian", and "Southeast Asian" also serve your purpose, without the possibility of possibly offending with the term "Oriental"? You would definitely soon be out of favor using the term to refer to anyone who might have grown up and/or been schooled in North America. You could even end up with a bottle broken over your head.