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Post by nikita19 on Mar 9, 2008 18:09:33 GMT -5
Yessss!I've always been told that I look more Hispanic or Native American than Asian.My boss told me that I was Jewish haha he's so full of it.
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Post by catgirl on Mar 17, 2008 12:30:49 GMT -5
and even though the USA as a whole doesn't have an official language, many individual states(arizona, california, florida included) HAVE adopted english as their official language. Pretty pathetic that a country which prides itself as the world's most powerful nation independent from England couldn't even come up with or even adopt its own unique language different from English.  But, then, how much intellectual creativity or originality can we really expect from the uneducated descendents of English peasants and sharecroppers, right?  Britian was however the largest empire in the History of mankind, resulting in USA. I read about it in some article, pretty interesting. But USA today is very mixed, so not only English descendants!!!  |
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Post by mekaga on Mar 21, 2008 19:02:22 GMT -5
yes, but then again I have some Spanish and native Indian too (among others)...so it's all good...I think it depends on the area your at as well and the person asking (their background etc.) I don't think one should take offense at someone's initial perspective, but if you inform them otherwise and they persist well...its another story...one cannot help how the gene pool favored them to look, and often one is taken on face value. Being an EA can definately allow one to weave nationalities if their last name doesn't give them away....
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Post by choulynx on Mar 30, 2008 10:39:44 GMT -5
I don't get mistaken for latino maybe it's because here in belgium there aren't as many hispanics. But my mom gets mistaken for spanish and she's the full asian one. Well she went to mexico that explains a lot and a lot of people there thought she was a mexican herself. I wonder how come nobody thought I was latino. My mom bought me a digital cam. dad made pic from me and mom but I looked so latino in it! Mom too.
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Post by catgirl on Apr 8, 2008 19:01:54 GMT -5
I get mistaken for Chilen AND Spanish/Italian + sometimes French. No lately it has been Polish (cause I live here?)....But I dont really get it. I dont think I look like it. Its so weird! Even non-polish and polish ask about this. And sometimes when I say no Im now, they go: Are you sure? |
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Post by jericho on Apr 9, 2008 7:16:36 GMT -5
I had my head shaved, my co-worker said I looked Mexican. She is from El Salvador.
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Post by laidbacksonic74 on Apr 12, 2008 4:10:35 GMT -5
also mistaken for a mexican.....but nowadays i can add suriname on my list
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Post by davidbleo on Apr 15, 2008 22:32:12 GMT -5
When I've been in the US... I don't expect everyone to speak spanish. Usually at the stores I speak english, but I end the conversation saying "gracias", which is "thanks"... but even if I've seen that a lot of people speaking spanish in the US, I've also seen border officials whose names are "José López" or "Juan Pérez" (the most common names in México) and they don't speak spanish... so you can never guess...
What I've also seen here or in Germany is american people who expect everyone to speak english in these countries... while in Germany maybe half of the younger population can speak english, here in Mexico is another story, just like 5% of the population can speak english, but still some americans assume everyone should speak english everywhere.
BTW... In the US I've been told I'm latino (which, well... I am =P), but also I've passed as a local or spanish, italian an so on... In Germany I was told I was spanish, greek, italian, turkish, arab... and that my accent when speaking english was an eastern european accent... =S
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Post by insularinsider on Apr 15, 2008 22:51:39 GMT -5
When I've been in the US... I don't expect everyone to speak spanish. Usually at the stores I speak english, but I end the conversation saying "gracias", which is "thanks"... but even if I've seen that a lot of people speaking spanish in the US, I've also seen border officials whose names are "José López" or "Juán Pérez" (the most common names in México) and they don't speak spanish... so you can never guess... Yes, there are plenty of people in the U.S. who are descendents from Hispanic people who just don't speak the language or even maintain the cultural awareness anymore. I think that I read something about descendants from Spanish colonial times from nearly 300 years ago who still live in Florida and hold reunions and other activities. I wonder if they still consider themselves "Hispanic." Which contributes to Americans' reputation for being arrogant... They are all just playing the percentages. I take it that there aren't too many Mexicans in Germany. |
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Post by davidbleo on Apr 17, 2008 7:08:53 GMT -5
^And a lot of people here look down all mexican-americans, specially those born in the US... and I've seen the another lot of people in the US look down at them... that's something bad, it's like they didn't had a country.
And only some americans assume everyone should speak english... but as usual, because of those we here have a bad image of americans as a whole...
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Post by betahat on Apr 22, 2008 0:52:43 GMT -5
The greatest compliment I ever received on my Spanish skills (based on a full conversation and not just a few sentences) was being confused for a Brazilian at the Paraguayan border. As in, there's something not quite right about this dude's spanish but he seems latin. My sister actually had it worse when she was traveling in Ecuador with my mother and grandma (who is a native spanish speaker) and people kept talking to her directly as if she was their local guide.
Though honestly, I have seen a lot of Asian features amongst latinos in Peru (where there actually is a pretty sizeable asian population) and El Salvador (where there is not). Even if you are sort of Asian looking, that may not automatically rule you out as a local, at least in some places.
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Post by joannenicole on Apr 22, 2008 23:11:53 GMT -5
jpeezy, I feel like slapping that lady in the face! I've never been mistaken for a Latina but I believe my sister has a couple of times. She inherited my mother's darker skin while I am left with my father's whiteness. I wish I were ever so slightly Latina-looking because they are a very beautiful group of people, though.
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Post by ibzie on Apr 26, 2008 16:21:24 GMT -5
yep this has happen to me as well..people think Im from Chile..However, Ive been mistaken for alot more nationalities..
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Post by straylight on Apr 26, 2008 18:38:26 GMT -5
"Back in the day", I almost made the stupid mistake of getting rolled into the Latin Kings. Still hung around them a lot. No one really suspected that I wasn't "Latin". Haha
Been mistaken for a "Turkish exchange student" once.
A couple of times people thought I was Slavic.
I look 50/50 Asian/White, if you ask me.
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Post by Phil on Apr 27, 2008 16:36:40 GMT -5
^Its really cool how people take the languages that were forced upon us and change, add and flavour them to reflect our identity, rhythm of life and the complexities that exist in our cultures.
As for being mistaken for Latino. I never once got that. I always 90% of the time get Japanese. Even Japanese tourists talk Japanese too me.
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But, then, how much intellectual creativity or originality can we really expect from the uneducated descendents of English peasants and sharecroppers, right? 
