On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:25:49 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>
>>> I've never seen anything wrong with "Oriental" as a synonym for "Far
>>> Eastern" tho
>>
>> I was taught that you name your country in the "far East" (like China)
>> and Oriental refers to the Middle East. Think "oriental" rugs.
>
>Merriam-Webster says: "of, relating to, or constituting the biogeographic
>region that includes Asia south and southeast of the Himalayas and the Malay
>Archipelago west of Wallace's line"
>
Interesting. I've called it SE Asia and the Malay peninsula since the
'60s.

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