[請益] 冒犯/貶抑用字
大家好!
正在寫篇作文 剛好想用"西方人"跟"東方人"這兩個字
本來想查字典確定拼法 卻發現Oriental (n.)卻被歸類在冒犯用字裡
http://tinyurl.com/4laesuy
(http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-category/british/
Offensive-words-for-people-according-to-nationality-or-ethnicity)
朗文更直接加註在詞條中
退而求其次 就選用east的衍生字吧!
1. eastern
結果呀除了yahoo說可當名詞之外 朗文、劍橋跟Macmillan都只列形容詞用法
2. easterner
三本字典也都指出偏向指稱美東或國境之東的住民
可是我想要的意思是
"a word for someone from the eastern part of the world,
especially China or Japan"
有沒有其他的選字建議呢??
另外 在那串落落長的冒犯用字
把我以前印象中(?!)的中性字black跟colored也放進去了
那是不是只剩下African American能用呢?
請大家提供些建議吧^^
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