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kermo

Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject:

crusher_of_heads wrote:

kermo wrote:

In Canada, it's not really considered polite to emphasize someone's nationality if it isn't directly relevant to the topic at hand.

Instead of the word "foreigner" you'll probably hear "immigrant," "refugee," "tourist," "international student," "visiting professor" or something specific to the way they came to Canada.

kermo, you're not in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan anymore.

kermo, when you're not in Canada, don't do as the Canadians do.
Twisted Evil

Hey, I'm from the Mighty 'Peg! (though I know many fine people from Saskatchewan.)

Anyway, I was just trying to add a little scope to the previous poster's comments, not instruct people as to how to behave.

Homer
Guest

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:23 am Post subject:

That is a good rule to live by...when not in your home country...do not expect your home values to be the norm. It is often a pointless exercise to try and take a country and make it fit in your value system...that simply won't work because the reverse would not....just basic logic.

just another day

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:26 am Post subject:

Homer wrote:

That is a good rule to live by...when not in your home country...do not expect your home values to be the norm.

It is often a pointless exercise to try and take a country and make it fit in your value system...that simply won't work because the reverse would not....just basic logic.

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

pest2

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:18 am Post subject:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

just another day

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:19 am Post subject:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

well i guess it takes someone with an IQ of at least 80 to see what he said is true.

pest2

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:31 am Post subject:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

well i guess it takes someone with an IQ of at least 80 to see what he said is true.

OK, yes, 2 angry insecure gyopos.

just another day

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:38 am Post subject:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

well i guess it takes someone with an IQ of at least 80 to see what he said is true.

OK, yes, 2 angry insecure gyopos.

gosh. i guess u really had no other option but to make money this way. sad how stereotypes come true before ur very eyes... Embarassed

pest2

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:42 am Post subject:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

well i guess it takes someone with an IQ of at least 80 to see what he said is true.

OK, yes, 2 angry insecure gyopos.

gosh. i guess u really had no other option but to make money this way. sad how stereotypes come true before ur very eyes... Embarassed

its ok, having a little p p isnt the end of the world

just another day

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:23 am Post subject:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

well i guess it takes someone with an IQ of at least 80 to see what he said is true.

OK, yes, 2 angry insecure gyopos.

gosh. i guess u really had no other option but to make money this way. sad how stereotypes come true before ur very eyes... Embarassed

its ok, having a little p p isnt the end of the world

i think the short yellow bus driver sued ur parents.

pest2

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:28 am Post subject:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

well i guess it takes someone with an IQ of at least 80 to see what he said is true.

OK, yes, 2 angry insecure gyopos.

gosh. i guess u really had no other option but to make money this way. sad how stereotypes come true before ur very eyes... Embarassed

its ok, having a little p p isnt the end of the world

i think the short yellow bus driver sued ur parents.

it must be hard to find it nestled in your pubes when you go 10. i pity u

pauly

Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: Incheon

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:36 am Post subject:

I was talking to a Korean about her life in the U.K. and she referred to herself as waegukin in London. I doubt she spoke about herself in a rude manner.

oskinny1

Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject:

pauly wrote:

I was talking to a Korean about her life in the U.K. and she referred to herself as waegukin in London. I doubt she spoke about herself in a rude manner.

I think it is all about context. Sometimes it is used in a negative way, just as some here use "gyopo" negatively.

I caught myself muttering "f-ing fat waiguk-in" when I walked by one in a bikini. I guess then I was using it in a negative way. But I was in Seoul last week and exclained to my waiguk-in friend the there are lots of hot waikguk-ins in Seoul.

I am a waiguk-in.

just another day

Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

pest2 wrote:

just another day wrote:

Homer wrote:

do u have a high IQ?

i believe u are over 130 at the very least. Embarassed

Wow, 1 angry gyopo compliments another. Wait, is JAD really a gyopo?

well i guess it takes someone with an IQ of at least 80 to see what he said is true.

OK, yes, 2 angry insecure gyopos.

gosh. i guess u really had no other option but to make money this way. sad how stereotypes come true before ur very eyes... Embarassed

its ok, having a little p p isnt the end of the world

i think the short yellow bus driver sued ur parents.

it must be hard to find it nestled in your pubes when you go 10. i pity u

wait, at least make an insult that makes sense. Laughing

that just makes u sound like a 10 year old.

pauly

Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: Incheon

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject:

oskinny1 wrote:

pauly wrote:

I was talking to a Korean about her life in the U.K. and she referred to herself as waegukin in London. I doubt she spoke about herself in a rude manner.

True, the context in which the word is being used would determine whether the usage is derogatory or not, but what I'm saying is that the word in and of itself is not rude or derogatory.

oskinny1

Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject:

pauly wrote:

oskinny1 wrote:

pauly wrote:

I was talking to a Korean about her life in the U.K. and she referred to herself as waegukin in London. I doubt she spoke about herself in a rude manner.

True, the context in which the word is being used would determine whether the usage is derogatory or not, but what I'm saying is that the word in and of itself is not rude or derogatory.

Agreed.

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