On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:51:23 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

>On Jul 30, 9:09*am, Corey Richardson `R> wrote:
>> A "special" at the moment at McDonalds is the Oriental BBQ Beef burger.
>> ....
>> Forgive me for asking, but what *exactly* is Oriental about that?
>
>Just curious....is "Oriental" still widely used in the U.K., rather
>than "asian"? Does it still connote something exotic? -aem

AFAIC, "Oriental" means Chinese/Japanese and "Asian" is
Indian/Pakistani.