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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: Off the plane: White Trash? |
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| Do you consider most newbies "white trash"?, by first glance..... |
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garykasparov
Joined: 27 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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I don't think most English teachers in Korea are white trash,
but I'm fairly confident that most of them regularly eat cans of LOALI.
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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They're using the wrong slur.
How can a person be white trash, get a degree, and work here? White trash don't go to college!
The correct slur is white bread. Please tell the Koreans to update their dictionaries. |
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darkcity
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: SF, CA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm one of the few interracial/mixed ethnicity folks teaching english in korea. koreans don't seem to make the distinction though...apparently everyone from america is black or white and we're all rich. |
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Rumple
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| agentX wrote: |
They're using the wrong slur.
How can a person be white trash, get a degree, and work here? White trash don't go to college!
The correct slur is white bread. Please tell the Koreans to update their dictionaries. |
That's white bred. Update your own dictionary.
Or just look in it. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Rumple wrote: |
| agentX wrote: |
They're using the wrong slur.
How can a person be white trash, get a degree, and work here? White trash don't go to college!
The correct slur is white bread. Please tell the Koreans to update their dictionaries. |
That's white bred. Update your own dictionary.
Or just look in it. |
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whitebread
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1. whitebread 140 up, 17 down
Belonging to the class of bland, clean-cut, middle-of-the-road suburbanite breeders. The Cleavers from the old TV show "Leave It To Beaver" are a familiar archetype of whitebread culture. Compare to yuppie.
The term implies profound cultural na�vete, blind consumerism, and an unquestioning "follower" mindset. Common trappings of the whitebread lifestyle include golf, Kenny G and Enya CDs, SUVs, an irrational fixation on lawn care, Golden Retrievers, nominally Christian religious beliefs, Old Navy clothing, moderate to conservative political views, bad Chardonnay, equally bad espresso, cookie-cutter houses, Bath & Body Works hygiene products, and very white-collar employment.
Though whitebread individuals are usually white, the term is not necessarily racial in meaning - the implication lies more with the blandness, predictability, and banality of plain white bread. Accordingly, "wonderbread" is often used as a synonym.
I'll bet the amount of money that whitebread neighborhood spends on lawn fertilizer could feed a small African nation.
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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The first question I was asked by my class was how many credit cards I owned? (zero).
White trash off the plane no? Are there some people who act like White Trash? Yes. |
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Rumple
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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DUDE, if you're citing urbandictionary, please stop teaching English. Defenestrate yourself at once. Anyone can add an entry. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| If the newbs spit like Korean men, they are garbage. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Rumple wrote: |
DUDE, if you're citing urbandictionary, please stop teaching English. Defenestrate yourself at once. Anyone can add an entry. |
I see you've given up trying to prove your point using logic and reason.
Edit: For Rumple, who apparently doesn't mind being a dick to people, even when he can't get his facts straight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bread
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| Whitebread was a pejorative term used by Soviets to refer to Americans. The term can also refer to alleged blandness or plainness in a person. Its usage is similar to that of the term plain vanilla. In the DC comic book, Justice League International, the sarcastic Green Lantern Guy Gardner would often refer to his innocent, pure-hearted teammate Captain Marvel as �Captain Whitebread�. |
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Rumple
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| Rumple wrote: |
DUDE, if you're citing urbandictionary, please stop teaching English. Defenestrate yourself at once. Anyone can add an entry. |
I see you've given up trying to prove your point using logic and reason.
Edit: For Rumple, who apparently doesn't mind being a dick to people, even when he can't get his facts straight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bread
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| Whitebread was a pejorative term used by Soviets to refer to Americans. The term can also refer to alleged blandness or plainness in a person. Its usage is similar to that of the term plain vanilla. In the DC comic book, Justice League International, the sarcastic Green Lantern Guy Gardner would often refer to his innocent, pure-hearted teammate Captain Marvel as �Captain Whitebread�. |
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You're backing up your urbandictionary.com citation with a wikipedia entry that has no references or citations whatsoever? Hahahaha! |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Rumple wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| Rumple wrote: |
DUDE, if you're citing urbandictionary, please stop teaching English. Defenestrate yourself at once. Anyone can add an entry. |
I see you've given up trying to prove your point using logic and reason.
Edit: For Rumple, who apparently doesn't mind being a dick to people, even when he can't get his facts straight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bread
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| Whitebread was a pejorative term used by Soviets to refer to Americans. The term can also refer to alleged blandness or plainness in a person. Its usage is similar to that of the term plain vanilla. In the DC comic book, Justice League International, the sarcastic Green Lantern Guy Gardner would often refer to his innocent, pure-hearted teammate Captain Marvel as �Captain Whitebread�. |
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You're backing up your urbandictionary.com citation with a wikipedia entry that has no references or citations whatsoever? Hahahaha! |
And you've got no proof at all beyond your assertion that you're right you douche. But, hey, I guess an internet cowboy knows more about English than the editors of the New York Times, since apparently they let this massive mistake slide through.
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| FILM REVIEW; White-Bread Senator Turns Homeboy |
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EFDE1330F936A25756C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Here's what dictionary.com had to say on the matter:
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| There are no dictionary entries for white bred, but white, bred are spelled correctly. |
Here's what it had to say about white bread.
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white-bread Audio Help /ˈʰwaɪtˌbrɛd, ˈwaɪt-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hwahyt-bred, wahyt-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
�adjective Informal: Disparaging. 1. pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois: white-bread liberals.
2. bland; conventional.
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[Origin: 1975�80]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, � Random House, Inc. 2006. |
/sigh I'd better go defenestrate myself now, and I'll quit teaching English also. |
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Cracker006
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think of them as white trash...
I think of them as crackers. |
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