Been playing a lot of Disco Elysium recently and I want to refer to the west as Occidental, but I don’t think people would get that if I said it out loud
Ignore them, sire. Language is but a means to an end in the stage of life, and if the audience are philistines who know nothing about obscure references to a small town in Jamrock, they are probably just uncultured losers from La Delta.
You’re not wrong, but I’m pretty sure the problem is using “oriental” in 2024 champ
My understanding is that it’s fine when it doesn’t refer to a person.
Referring to Asia as the “Orient” is just such a reactionary sounding thing. I assume Biden talks about the boy emperor in the Orient
We must refer to the West as the occident
Been playing a lot of Disco Elysium recently and I want to refer to the west as Occidental, but I don’t think people would get that if I said it out loud
Ignore them, sire. Language is but a means to an end in the stage of life, and if the audience are philistines who know nothing about obscure references to a small town in Jamrock, they are probably just uncultured losers from La Delta.
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