Somebody from Kyoto
read my blog post The Superiority of
Oriental Madness.
Suppose it was a mad woman. Suppose she can afford the air
fare to Britain.
There’s enough information on my blog to enable anybody to get my address if
they know how to go about it. Remember the woman with long dark hair and
wearing a long white dress, standing at the end of the wall in the dark?
Imagine an oriental version. I’m trying not to. Gulp...
2 comments:
If she does show up, just remember not to refer to her as "oriental" that is for carpets. She might get mad at that!
The unexpected visitor sometimes brings the best news
Cheers!
Really? Well, all I can say is that the person in Kyoto (who might have been of occidental origin, of course) came to the blog by searching 'oriental madness.' I've known plenty of Chinese who didn't object to the term, and the received norm in Britain is to reserve the term 'Asian' to people of south Asia. East Asians are referred to with the general term 'oriental,' just as we refer to ourselves as 'westerners.' I gather the convention is different in Australia.
And thank you for the fortune cookie. Much appreciated.
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