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ladyandthetramp
Joined: 21 Nov 2003
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 Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject: Question for Kyopos and Koreans |
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Alright, so yesterday I posted my complaint about Koreans saying "waygukin" upon seeing a waygukin. Now, I'd like to here comments from the other side.
I mean, those of you who are Kyopos or Koreans, how often did you hear someone talking about you because you weren't White? For the native English speakers, how often did they compliment your English? How often did they say "hello" in Japanese or Chinese?
I'm just trying to be fair. I know when my Korean friend went to France for a few days numerous people said "ni hao ma" or "konichiwa" to her. And I've heard from numerous non-Whites in the U.S. about getting complimented on how well they speak their native language, English. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: Question for Kyopos and Koreans |
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| ladyandthetramp wrote: |
Alright, so yesterday I posted my complaint about Koreans saying "waygukin" upon seeing a waygukin. Now, I'd like to here comments from the other side.
I mean, those of you who are Kyopos or Koreans, how often did you hear someone talking about you because you weren't White? For the native English speakers, how often did they compliment your English? How often did they say "hello" in Japanese or Chinese?
I'm just trying to be fair. I know when my Korean friend went to France for a few days numerous people said "ni hao ma" or "konichiwa" to her. And I've heard from numerous non-Whites in the U.S. about getting complimented on how well they speak their native language, English. |
Well, chance are like 90%+ that a white person in Korea is a foreigner, and woegukin isn't a derogatory term, either.
I personally don't take offense if I'm mistaken for another Asian nationality such as Chinese or Japanese, because many Westerners honestly can't tell the difference (just as Koreans can't tell between Americans and Canadians, but I digress). If they honestly didn't know and were NOT trying to offend, I can't blame them.
That said, there is a strip of Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles that is a de facto white area. I went there with another ethnic Korean and we're were like the only non-WASPs there. We were basically were treated like we weren't there. For those who think laws prevent discrimination in the US, there are many ways of getting around such laws and such. |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| I personally don't take offense if I'm mistaken for another Asian nationality such as Chinese or Japanese, because many Westerners honestly can't tell the difference |
Koreans can't tell the difference either, I've tested it:
http://www.alllooksame.com/ |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:02 am Post subject: |
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I've been "complimented" many, many times about my English.
Put up with a lot of crap when I was doing sport in highschool, playing WASP sports (rugby and rowing), but I say it was good for character development. :D
I can say it's been an issue ever since I first arrived, but it's not so bad as what foreigners experience in Korea I guess.
:)
jae. |
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