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Default McDonalds "Oriental BBQ Beef" UK

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:59:00 +0100, Corey Richardson
`R> wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:42:17 -0700, sf wrote:
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>>Calling people Orientals reeks old fashioned
>>Colonial attitude.

>
>Even the Chinese describe it as Oriental. At the UK's Wing Yip online
>store it's described as "Chinese and Oriental Food Made Easy - Online"
>
>http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/
>
>I think only PC people have a problem with the term "Oriental".


The website isn't calling *people* Oriental, they are calling *food*
Oriental and they call Chinese food *Chinese*. What a concept!


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