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Post by cinnamoroll on Sept 22, 2007 11:56:13 GMT -5
Yes, a bit of a deceiving title for this post... but when I say 'Eurasian' I'm referring to the people from the geographical area of Eurasia.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EurasiaWell I was recently mistaken for a Kazakh at my fave club by the (friendly) bouncer (I'm guessing he'd been meaning to ask for ages...). He started talking to me in Kazakh, instead of French, and I was reaalllyyy confused, then he explained that he thought I was Kazakh.. I said ''Oh... that's probably cuz I'm Eurasian'', but he didn't really get it and sort of stopped caring when he found out I wasn't Kazhak Anyway I was going to tell my friends all excited but in light of the recent bad press for Kazahkstan (haha.. Borat) I thought it better not to... So anyone else?
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Post by cinnamoroll on Sept 22, 2007 12:00:12 GMT -5
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Post by jellygel on Sept 22, 2007 12:28:26 GMT -5
Yes it happens to me when i was working in Seoul.
I was introduce to a businessman from HK, so i started to say some words in cantonese, and he told me he was so surprise to meet a kazakh who knows some cantonese....
Also in korea, some girl told me i look like an uzbek.
After checking on google image, i assume they were right, kazhaks and uzbeks and people coming from this area looks very similar to us!
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Post by Aiko on Sept 22, 2007 13:18:34 GMT -5
Haha it happens. A lot of Eurasians do look like Central Asians (Uzbeks, Kazakhs, etc). I was asked by an Uzbek whether I was an Uzbek (trick question), and another Uzbek said I looked like this Kazakh singer... lol Some pictures Uzbek girl Uzbek children Turkmen gals Kyrgyz (Kyrgyz are the most Asian looking ones) Kazakhs Uighur There are many many Central Asian ethnicites out there. These are just some.
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Post by Emily on Sept 22, 2007 13:27:25 GMT -5
Depending on your definition of geographical Eurasian, I could pass for one as I've been mistaken for an Afghan girl. I've never been mistaken for Uzbek or any other Eurasian country, but that would be difficult since I'm pretty sure not many are even aware of all those -stan countries...
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Post by cinnamoroll on Sept 22, 2007 15:12:02 GMT -5
unfortunately I'm boring - I only ever get mistaken for Chinese or Japanese. You're not boring!!! You have a very interesting face , I've always thought so... interesting doesn't necessarily mean that you have to look 'mixed'..
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Post by halfbreed on Sept 22, 2007 21:27:24 GMT -5
Geographical Eurasians are Eurasian, too, though, aren't they?
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Post by Ave` on Sept 22, 2007 22:52:14 GMT -5
Living and working in Japan has made me the object of Japanese old women and taxi drivers guessing game. Ppl throw me with guesses even when i was just walking and minding my own business. Theyre lack of english eloquency made their question a lil difficult to fathom. Theyd just point and say Mexican??? Mexicann??? Ive been mistaken for Arab, Spanish, English or Indian (my mom is half Pakistani so that gives me a hint of hisdustani looks) Nobody ever get it right. Possibly never because japanese ppl always have this idea that a mixed person usually consist some part Japanese.
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Post by cinnamoroll on Sept 23, 2007 4:51:16 GMT -5
Geographical Eurasians are Eurasian, too, though, aren't they? Yes of course, but not with one white and one asian parent like most of the members on EAN. They have been 'mixed' for centuries because of their location between Europe and Asia...
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Post by halfbreed on Sept 23, 2007 7:51:50 GMT -5
Yes of course, but not with one white and one asian parent like most of the members on EAN. They have been 'mixed' for centuries because of their location between Europe and Asia... I feel like that's almost the same as being inbred.. I've been mistaken for a Kurd before Too much whey.
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Post by Aiko on Sept 23, 2007 9:08:48 GMT -5
Yes of course, but not with one white and one asian parent like most of the members on EAN. They have been 'mixed' for centuries because of their location between Europe and Asia... I feel like that's almost the same as being inbred.. More like the exact opposite of inbred haha
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Post by morningstar on Sept 23, 2007 9:40:06 GMT -5
Yeah - a country with (possibly) a high amount of closely related breeding would be like Iceland? Due to the fact that there are not as many immigrants, and I think they can actually trace back many people to their Viking ancestors, which makes it ideal for genetic studies.
Same with Tasmania in Australia - very little variance in genetics - make it ideal for genetic studies as well.
But in eurasian countries that are landlocked particularly would have had streams of immigrants - people passing from east to west, west to east, north to south and south to north, thus resulting in very diverse genetic make-up.
Usually inbreeding that has a long term significant effect genetically on populations occurs when countries are set on islands or at great great distances from the next potential inhabitable area.
I say usually because other factors such as relegion or stigma may also have an effect.
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Post by catgirl on Sept 26, 2007 8:34:43 GMT -5
Im currently living in Poland. And Ive noticed some people look slightly eurasian. Maybe its the slavic look. Polish girl:
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Post by ladystacey on Sept 26, 2007 8:42:49 GMT -5
Nope, I only get people thinking I'm Japanese or Spanish, I'm not sure why spanish I don't think I look spanish at all. Or just plain white girl which I think is odd because I clearly have asian features. I have had some people actually argue and even almost raise their voice with me that I don't look asian, LOL I'm like, why are you getting mad? You clearly have the issue about it not me
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Post by halfbreed on Sept 26, 2007 8:52:21 GMT -5
Too much whey. lol, excellent pun. ;D Just doing my job.
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