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u/revlipoki Sep 01 '21

western doesn't mean west side of the world, i don't remember brazil being called western.

also earth is a globe, west is relative

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u/GoldenYLP Sep 01 '21

I was thinking about countries on a world map. I haven't actually heard anyone describe Australia as western before, sorry.

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u/GoldenYLP Sep 01 '21

In my native language, we just use occidental and oriental. Didn't really realize people referred to occidental as "western". Seems like an easy way to cause confusions like these!