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Confident Business English

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The West and the East of the Eurovision Song Contest

Remember to use the West or Western rather than saying ocedent or ocedental especially if you're talking in front of a native audience. The word in Latin ocedents well I mean I'm sure it's not pronounced like that it means sunset or west so I mean it makes complete sense but we just don't say it okay so that's my quick win for the week don't say ocedent and ocedental you can say the westYou can say western countries you can say western culture and really for me especially growing up in the UK the east and the west these are very common terms or geopolitical terms that I've grown up withor that has been part of my

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