fobbiness

[kasia]

do you ever feel like a fob next to white people? can you hear your own accent? even if you were born here? have you ever, as a kid, hid food, chinese videotapes, etc., because your white friends were coming over?

[deez nuts]

I don't.

[CrX3183]

i don't and never have... what about you kasie?

[kasia]

uh...yeh, i've done all of the above. maybe i just had a traumatizing childhood or something. i've always been paranoid about having an accent even though all my friends tell me i sound like i'm white. i think most asian-americans have some sort of an accent, actually. maybe not a fobby accent, but we don't sound white, either (except for our webmaster--he is one of the few asian guys i know that sounds white over the phone).

and i always hid my asian food from my friends until i finally made asian friends in high school...but in elementary school--having to bring pork buns or something to school was super embarassing--even though they tasted super good...

[SunWuKong]

the feeling that fobs and asian americans (or as the cantonese would say, "juk sing") feel are very different. asian americans feel like they are a part of american society, and they feel like they are an ignored minority. however, the feeling that fobs feel is that they're [i:3dfef3525b]displaced[/i:3dfef3525b] from a society they belong to one that they don't belong in.

if you're really a fob, you don't really worry about your accent and stuff like that, because you know it's there because you are from a very different society and culture. but juk sings can be self-conscious of that because they feel like they are a part of american society and culture, but an accent risk people thinking that they don't belong.

personally i've never hid my asian things from my friends. my friends loved my OG famicom! the only thing was that during my white-washed days as a kid i was embarrassed to be asked to speak chinese and i always refused to do it.

on a side note, does anyone ever walk around thinking, "oh my god there are so many white people..."

[tapestrybabe]

[quote:8774068bd7="SunWuKung"]the feeling that fobs and asian americans (or as the cantonese would say, "juk sing") feel are very different. asian americans feel like they are a part of american society, and they feel like they are an ignored minority. however, the feeling that fobs feel is that they're [i:8774068bd7]displaced[/i:8774068bd7] from a society they belong to one that they don't belong in.

if you're really a fob, you don't really worry about your accent and stuff like that, because you know it's there because you are from a very different society and culture. but juk sings can be self-conscious of that because they feel like they are a part of american society and culture, but an accent risk people thinking that they don't belong.[/quote:8774068bd7]

I think being an asian american, one can also feel displaced from society.. just like fobs, and maybe even feel more displaced. For instance, in high school.. i felt like an extreme outsider. Like i didn't feel fully accepted by my white peers there. Cuz even tho i did know english.. they still perceived me as a foreigner. And when it came to the few actual 'fobs' that did exist in my school... i felt like i didn't fit in within their crowd also... cuz i didn't speak their language. So, i didnt fit in within any group at all...


[quote:8774068bd7="SunWuKung"] on a side note, does anyone ever walk around thinking, "oh my god there are so many white people..." [/quote:8774068bd7]

Me, I'm the opposite. i've been living in communities that lack asian ppl/ asian culture... mostly white towns... and when i visit Chinatown, Flushing, Fort Lee, Palisades Park-- ... I'm like, OMG-- look at the so many asian ppl...

[SunWuKong]

[quote:1667e55a03="Tapestrybabe"]I think being an asian american, one can also feel displaced from society.. just like fobs, and maybe even feel more displaced. For instance, in high school.. i felt like an extreme outsider. Like i didn't feel fully accepted by my white peers there. Cuz even tho i did know english.. they still perceived me as a foreigner. And when it came to the few actual 'fobs' that did exist in my school... i felt like i didn't fit in within their crowd also... cuz i didn't speak their language. So, i didnt fit in within any group at all...
[/quote:1667e55a03]


but that's what i mean by feeling like a minority. and when i mean [i:1667e55a03]displaced[/i:1667e55a03], i mean that fobs feel like they belong [i:1667e55a03]somewhere else[/i:1667e55a03], and not here.

[tapestrybabe]

[quote:a02b90f989="SunWuKung"][quote:a02b90f989="Tapestrybabe"]I think being an asian american, one can also feel displaced from society.. just like fobs, and maybe even feel more displaced. For instance, in high school.. i felt like an extreme outsider. Like i didn't feel fully accepted by my white peers there. Cuz even tho i did know english.. they still perceived me as a foreigner. And when it came to the few actual 'fobs' that did exist in my school... i felt like i didn't fit in within their crowd also... cuz i didn't speak their language. So, i didnt fit in within any group at all...
[/quote:a02b90f989]


but that's what i mean by feeling like a minority. and when i mean [i:a02b90f989]displaced[/i:a02b90f989], i mean that fobs feel like they belong [i:a02b90f989]somewhere else[/i:a02b90f989], and not here.[/quote:a02b90f989]

Ahhh.. i understand now, when it comes to your wording. Even the 'fobs' belong somewhere.. cuz they got each other. And an Asian American.. can feel like they dont belong anywhere... feeling like a minority, in whatever group...

[SunWuKong]

[quote:3a735da4c1="Tapestrybabe"]Ahhh.. i understand now, when it comes to your wording. Even the 'fobs' belong somewhere.. cuz they got each other. And an Asian American.. can feel like they dont belong anywhere... feeling like a minority, in whatever group...[/quote:3a735da4c1]


well, having experienced both the feeling of [i:3a735da4c1]displaced[/i:3a735da4c1] and like a minority before. i'd say that asian americans actually have a much better sense of belonging in america, but they feel ignored. on the other hand, while fobs feel like they don't belong, they also have a solid idea of a place where they [i:3a735da4c1]do[/i:3a735da4c1] belong, whereas asian americans don't have that benefit.

[mizkisses]

[quote:bf0166db63="kasia"]do you ever feel like a fob next to white people? can you hear your own accent? even if you were born here? have you ever, as a kid, hid food, chinese videotapes, etc., because your white friends were coming over?[/quote:bf0166db63]

i don't feel like a fob compared to the real fobs at my school. gah. the ones who run around hollering at each other in mandarin and sporting their really cute but fobby styles.

i did feel really fobby next to my white friends when i was younger because for some weird ass reason, i didn't know the word spicy and said it in mandarin once and i tried to explain it by saying "hot hot hot"...gawd, what a fobby little kid i was...

[kasia]

a lot of my childhood friends had that problem--not knowing the word 'spicy'. but 'hot' is sufficient substitute.

i used to have trouble pronouncing 'bury'. i would say, 'burry'. when i was around 8, a friend and i found a dead bird and i said, 'let's burry it.' she laughed in my face. i still haven't forgiven her. :x

[mizkisses]

[quote:9667d6c89e="kasia"]a lot of my childhood friends had that problem--not knowing the word 'spicy'. but 'hot' is sufficient substitute.

i used to have trouble pronouncing 'bury'. i would say, 'burry'. when i was around 8, a friend and i found a dead bird and i said, 'let's burry it.' she laughed in my face. i still haven't forgiven her. :x[/quote:9667d6c89e]

gah. how DO you pronounce "bury"? i actually sat here saying "bury" over and over again til i remembered how to say it.

i remember not knowing how to say sexy either. and why a 1st grader needed to know the word sexy, i don't know. but i remember saying "woo woo" instead. i don't know what the hell "woo woo" is...hahaha..gawd, i was SUCH a fob. i'm serious. with the t-shirts that said like "The Hot Dog!" on it..

[kasia]

it's pronounced, 'berry', which really makes no sense to me.

that's so funny--re: how you said 'sexy'.

my brother didn't know the word 'armpit' until he was in first grade also. prior to that time, he referred to it as 'galadee' (which actually sounds like an English word if pronounced with an American accent.

[wylin]

mese speaku no engrish?

nah i never felt like a fob till i was in HS, then i realized everyone around me was japanese or korean (torrance) and they were different and i was a china man to them...and they'd try speak to me in weird garbled chinese...?

then chinese gangs apeared and they thought i was a fob gangster yay! yippers...the paramount moment is when a mexican cholo hit me up:

gangster to me "eh-foo where ya from man? Im from ______mexican gang name"

Me feeling sarcastic "Im from Taiwan"

gangster "ur a funny kid" goes off tells his friends always smiles at me for next 3 yrs"

=P

[mizkisses]

[quote:221cf006e0="kasia"]it's pronounced, 'berry', which really makes no sense to me.

that's so funny--re: how you said 'sexy'.

my brother didn't know the word 'armpit' until he was in first grade also. prior to that time, he referred to it as 'galadee' (which actually sounds like an English word if pronounced with an American accent.[/quote:221cf006e0]

LOL well think about it...you see somehing sexy and you whistle right? or at least stereotypically a man would whistle at a sexy..girl..woman..lady..whatever. gah. lost my point. but yah..soo my "woo woo"ing was like..whistling..aw damn i feel so embarassed. hahaha.

what's a "galadee"??

[mizkisses]

[quote:801f4f3383="wylin"]mese speaku no engrish?

nah i never felt like a fob till i was in HS, then i realized everyone around me was japanese or korean (torrance) and they were different and i was a china man to them...and they'd try speak to me in weird garbled chinese...?

then chinese gangs apeared and they thought i was a fob gangster yay! yippers...the paramount moment is when a mexican cholo hit me up:

gangster to me "eh-foo where ya from man? Im from ______mexican gang name"

Me feeling sarcastic "Im from Taiwan"

gangster "ur a funny kid" goes off tells his friends always smiles at me for next 3 yrs"

=P[/quote:801f4f3383]

funny. my guy friends are in a chinese gang. and they refer to each other in weird cantonese nick names and slang and cuss words...

:roll:

boys these days...

hahaha, i said i was taiwanese once and somebody was like "oh, you're thai?" and i was like, "no...taiwanese.." and they're like "so you're from thailand?" and i was like "goddamnit, get an atlas.."

[SunWuKong]

[quote:c07366cd67="kasia"]it's pronounced, 'berry', which really makes no sense to me.
[/quote:c07366cd67]


what??? i thought "bury" was pronounced the same way as "burry"???

[mizkisses]

[quote:00cb7a0443="SunWuKung"][quote:00cb7a0443="kasia"]it's pronounced, 'berry', which really makes no sense to me.
[/quote:00cb7a0443]


what??? i thought "bury" was pronounced the same way as "burry"???[/quote:00cb7a0443]

me too, i think it's either way

[kasia]

[quote:d1264ce374="SunWuKung"][quote:d1264ce374="kasia"]it's pronounced, 'berry', which really makes no sense to me.
[/quote:d1264ce374]


what??? i thought "bury" was pronounced the same way as "burry"???[/quote:d1264ce374]

well, then i get to laugh in your face! welcome to fob club.

kinda like 'fists of fury', right? not 'fists of furry'? or maybe i'm wrong.

[SunWuKong]

[quote:c86ec7116d="kasia"][quote:c86ec7116d="SunWuKung"][quote:c86ec7116d="kasia"]it's pronounced, 'berry', which really makes no sense to me.
[/quote:c86ec7116d]


what??? i thought "bury" was pronounced the same way as "burry"???[/quote:c86ec7116d]

well, then i get to laugh in your face! welcome to fob club.[/quote:c86ec7116d]



shit...

[ChinaLama]

everyone always makes fun of F.O.B's for squatting, but when i think of it, squatting is actually a really good thing. it keeps your clothes clean and it's good exercise for your balance and leg muscles. gooooo squatters!

[AznYam]

i've never been embarrassed of any of the asian things when my white friends came over. maybe that's why i don't have any white friends anymore.

[537]

I don't have an accent. I actually sound like a whiteboy on the phone. >_<

[kitty]

I don't think anyone will *ever* mistake me for a fob.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Mar 10 2003, 03:14 AM
everyone always makes fun of F.O.B's for squatting, but when i think of it, squatting is actually a really good thing. it keeps your clothes clean and it's good exercise for your balance and leg muscles. gooooo squatters!
people in china don't have much back problems because they squat all the time.

[Saiko]

I don't think anybody will ever mistake me for a fob either.
And I don't know. I've never been embarrassed of anything. It's funny though how I've never been like, "Gah, so many white people" but a couple times I've been like, "Holy jebus, I think the Asians just ate all the white people." I actually feel that I stick out a helluva lot more in a place full of Asians than a place full of whites.

[purezero]

Wow. The quotes in this thing were messed up and I had a hard time reading everything. But yeah, I didn't consider myself a fob. I just feel weird when I go shopping in a really "white" city. Because, like Cinnamon Toast Crunch, you can SEE the difference. But I guess I try not to let that bother me so much. I don't think that people would look at me and think I'm a fob. I'm not a pocket-watch key-chain thang!

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ti12amisu@Mar 10 2003, 11:48 AM
The quotes in this thing were messed up and I had a hard time reading everything.
yeah those posts were made on an old server, and when AB migrated everything over, those quotes got messed up.

[himura-dono]

i don't hide my asian shit from anyone. then again i don't parade it around the house either...

i could care less what people think when they come to my place. alot of times people think that the stuff on the walls is either Cindy's or our roomates just because they're asian. other times if i correct these people i get wierd looks or immediately immersed in a conversation about how it's cool that i like "asian" stuff. :ph34r:

(and yes, i'm sure there's plenty of white people who would act stupid in a situation like that, so don't say i'm defending white people) :lol:

[kitty]

Originally posted by Saiko@Mar 10 2003, 04:37 PM
"Holy jebus, I think the Asians just ate all the white people."
... and wouldn't that just be a great mental image...?

[himura-dono]

kittygirl, i'm beginning to think you have a very interesting oral fixation :P

[kitty]

Originally posted by himura-dono@Mar 10 2003, 06:54 PM
kittygirl, i'm beginning to think you have a very interesting oral fixation :P
... wouldn't you like to know...? :P


(and actually yes, yes I do...)

taz.... ROFLMAO!!!!!!! she looks like she's getting ready to take off or play leap frog...

[Fireblade]

Hrrmm....
I guess I was kinda fobby growing up. I grew so accustomed to chopsticks, that when I went to a restaurant in 4th grade, someone gave me a fork and a knife, and I didn't know to use them. I asked, "can I get some chopsticks?". It was an itallian restaurant. :lol:

Erm... when I went to Davis Senior High for my 10th grade year, a lot of the bad kids had some stick up their ass. So they came up to me and said "Don't mess with me, I'm with the cyrpts, bloods, etc." And then they would try to make their point while holding a knife in their hand, although their hand was shaking like crazy. This kid was holding one near my waist once, and I slapped it out of his hand, and I picked it up. He freaked, and then asked if I was in a gang or something. I shrugged, and nodded.

Needless to say, he stopped bothering me. Oh well.

[himura-dono]

rofl, if you mean davis as in HERE davis, there's about as much gang activity as their are crack dealers on the corners.

:lol:

[Fireblade]

It's Davis, CA 95616 [so yea, it's HERE davis, DAVIS]
oh yea... I know. That's why the kids were always tryin to prove something to the kid from the "City". I swear, that was the one year where I was supposedly some hard-up thug. All I did was wear baggy jeans. This was b4 the Gap and Borders, so most of the kids then wore like tight jeans. I hate butt huggers. Never did wear them. I do LIKE them on chicks though...

^_^

[himura-dono]

dude, i'm sure anyone from campus woulda been considered a hard core thug to them. i see all these lil gang banger wannabee's in front of the high schools and jr. highs here in davis. some kid came up to me while i was walkin and he was all, "represent!" i placed my palm on his forehead, pushed him (gently but the little 90lb kid went flying) and said, "this is white suburbia. don't make me hurt you."

[Fireblade]

LOL!!! It was funny when one my friends came up to visit me. (he cut that day) He arrived in a lower civic and like rolled down his tinted windows and yelled "YO CLINT! Come on man! We gotta go!" Everyone one asked where I was going. I said... Gangfight. They all backed away.


shit.. they were hella gullible. That was fun.

[ism]

My mom tells a story of me coming home from preschool, crying to her about my classmates singling me out, calling me "Chinese." She says she explained to me that I was Chinese. I doubt the veracity of the story since I tend to remember traumatic things, and it never really affected me. I'd bring haw flakes to school and share them, brought steamed buns (siopao... not sure if you were thinking the same thing) for lunch... and that's about the extent of it, since I'm culturally whitish.

King of a funny thing, but my siblings and I have no accent (well, unless you count the Jersey accent) but when she hangs out with Filipino FOBs, she picks up their accent. I think it's pretty ridiculous since it's certainly not a subconscious thing because she doesn't pick up any other accent and I've chided her a few times for it. But if anything, that's one instance of trying to be FOBby.

P.S. kasie I don't think you have an accent (well, except maybe a SoCal one).

[himura-dono]

people raised in davis are stupid. i can't believe the retardation some of these parents have too. i love when i used to ride the p and q lines and kids woud be talkin about how they got laid or something and still don't know the anatomy of a female or male.


anyway, back to the fobbiness.

[golden_buns]

>>do you ever feel like a fob next to white people?

Not really, I grew up in place where I was the only asian guy in the city so I'm used to be around non-asians.

>>can you hear your own accent?

If I'm talking in english, yes. And over the phone I get asked if I'm Mexican, Italian, or arab.
When I'm speaking spanish I have zero accent. Just pure colombian accent.
And when I'm in Korea somehow people think that my accent is from Japan and they start talking to me in Japanese.

>>have you ever, as a kid, hid food, chinese videotapes, etc., because your white friends were coming over?

I used hide all the stack of kimchi and burn candles or spray tons of air freshener cuz everyone would say that it smelled like shit.

[himura-dono]

kimchee smells like shit :confused:

i've never had kimchee that smells like feces...

[Napoleon Chynamite]

My accent changes with each moment because I can imitate the frat boy style speech with ease as well as the surfer-boy accent, FOB accent, etc. Usually I have no trouble learning or speaking different languages as long as I put my mind to it, but it's the comprehension I usually have trouble with, even in English. Comprehension is arguably my weakest skill whether it be watching a movie, reading a book, or listening to someone talk.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ism@Mar 10 2003, 03:19 PM
P.S. kasie I don't think you have an accent (well, except maybe a SoCal one).
kasie sounds like a little asian girl

[angelwiththesword]

i like being a fob. it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. pook gai

[anne]

Originally posted by kasia@Jul 25 2002, 05:13 PM
do you ever feel like a fob next to white people? &nbsp;can you hear your own accent? &nbsp;even if you were born here? &nbsp;have you ever, as a kid, hid food, chinese videotapes, etc., because your white friends were coming over?
I don't have a fobby accent, but like everyone else, I sometimes get tongue tied and my occasional brain farts causes speak problems :P My relatives who live down under swear I have an obvious southern accent (which I don't think I do, except when I say y'all and very rarely, I may say "ay" instead of "I") The only time I felt like a fob was in elementary school, when I allowed my mom to pack those seaweed sheets for snack and then all the people in school were like "what's that black smelly stuff you have?"

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Mar 10 2003, 12:32 PM
the only thing was that during my white-washed days as a kid i was embarrassed to be asked to speak chinese and i always refused to do it.
Me too, except for the annoying people, I taught them how to say "I'm stupid" or "I'm ugly" or the like.

Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Jul 26 2002, 05:36 PM
[quote:8774068bd7="SunWuKung"] on a side note, does anyone ever walk around thinking, "oh my god there are so many white people..." [/quote:8774068bd7]Me, I'm the opposite. i've been living in communities that lack asian ppl/ asian culture... &nbsp;mostly white towns... and when i visit Chinatown, Flushing, Fort Lee, Palisades Park-- ... I'm like, OMG-- look at the so many asian ppl...
I first moved to Cali, I had a major culture shock and thought --OMG so many Asians everywhere-- but now, I when I go back to the South to visit my friends/parents, I think --- there's so many white people

Originally posted by mizkisses@Aug 1 2002, 02:30 PM
hahaha, i said i was taiwanese once and somebody was like "oh, you're thai?" and i was like, "no...taiwanese.." and they're like "so you're from thailand?" and i was like "goddamnit, get an atlas.."
my 1st grade teacher did that to me after my mom told her we just came from Taiwan and paired me with a Thai girl thinking she'd be able to translate :blink: we ended up pointing a lot and she'd give me the answers to tests since she couldn't explain the instructions to me :P

Originally posted by ism@Mar 10 2003, 03:19 PM
P.S. kasie I don't think you have an accent (well, except maybe a SoCal one).
I concur. I don't detect any accents when we spoke.

[AngryABCGirl]

LOL, these stories are hilarious. When I was living in Rhode Island over the summer, I stayed with a bunch of kids from middle America and they thought I was some badass triad because I hung out with some Taiwanese fobs and we played loud Asian music all the time. It was pretty funny, when bastards were picking on some Asian kids, they'd shut up and stiffen up when I walked by.
I really don't understand how that works. The whole time I was going, "Whoa... white people!!" Since all I see are Asians and Mexicans.

But yeah, when I was little I use to be kinda embarassed by Asian stuff when I was out of Monterey Park, back when I was little. I think I use to try to hide it and stuff, and I was really embarassed because I didn't know how to speak English when I went to elementary school, even though I was born here, so they put me in ESL with all the fobs and Mexican kids who were like me and I felt really stupid. I don't really think I have a "white" accent now, but you couldn't think I'm a fob. I still can't pronounce some words correctly, like discrepancy, I can't do so many consonants at once and I get all red.

I do have little of a bitchy/whiny so cal accent.

[anne]

Originally posted by AzNBuffGrL@Mar 10 2003, 08:58 PM

I do have little of a bitchy/whiny so cal accent.
I am fascinated by the socal accents...it's like a different kind of dialect. I guess ppl would say that about weird southern accents and collquialisms

[enygma]

i used to have this weird habit of elongating some vowels, but that wasn't really due to fobbiness, especially since i was born here. thanks to speech therapy, i lost that as well as my lisp (except when i'm angry).

let me just say, i'm from the midwest (chicago), therefore, i have the most inflectionless accent in the country. :)

[tvbdude]

I don't hid stuff from my white friends cuz I don't have any. never ever. most of the time when i speak to white peopel on the phone, I get tongue tied and nervous. and even though I was born here, I was enrolled in chinese bilingual till 6th grade.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

rhode island accent scares me again now I'm back. i didn't realize how much I'd gotten used to it until I went to HK and found all these ABCs speaking with cali accents and remembered what it was like to have a conversation without straining to figure out what happened to all the "R"s.

[AngryABCGirl]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@Mar 10 2003, 10:03 PM
rhode island accent scares me again now I'm back. i didn't realize how much I'd gotten used to it until I went to HK and found all these ABCs speaking with cali accents and remembered what it was like to have a conversation without straining to figure out what happened to all the "R"s.
I love those mobbish, new england, italianish accents they have there. :lol:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@Mar 11 2003, 01:03 AM
rhode island accent scares me again now I'm back. i didn't realize how much I'd gotten used to it until I went to HK and found all these ABCs speaking with cali accents and remembered what it was like to have a conversation without straining to figure out what happened to all the "R"s.
heh, i think that's just the new england accent.

[syc]

rhode island accent scares me again now I'm back. i didn't realize how much I'd gotten used to it until I went to HK and found all these ABCs speaking with cali accents and remembered what it was like to have a conversation without straining to figure out what happened to all the "R"s.

its so weird to hear chinese people talking with strong new england accents. i have a friend going to school in scotland and he told me about the chinese over there with thick scottish accents. he said it was like they were possessed by scottish people. :lol:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by syc@Mar 11 2003, 02:00 AM

its so weird to hear chinese people talking with strong new england accents. i have a friend going to school in scotland and he told me about the chinese over there with thick scottish accents. he said it was like they were possessed by scottish people. :lol:
the thickest british accent i've ever heard came from an asian dude.

[chris_lewis108]

I do have little of a bitchy/whiny so cal accent.

that's f-ed up HOMIE why it gotta be whiny accent, weeeeeeeest siiiiiiiide :P

on the sub though, the most i ever had to do was explain what "that smell" was, kimchee

[airborneranger]

Even my parents were not born in china and other chinese related country like indochina
However, because I am very comfortable with who I am and my background
I am not a white washed or ever think why too many white people What I think usually is
why I am the only one
And I never think people who were born in english speaking countries as having
superior breeding than migrants with non english related accent
Faking accents can often give me an edge when it comes to approaching
non asian girls, in my case anyway

[angelwiththesword]

aiya

[kayla]

wow. i don't think i've ever had any of the problems everyone here has. or maybe i never came to realize them.

i've always had american born chinese as best or close friends. and in hs, i met a lot of american born koreans and white people. so i guess i've always felt relatively comfortable being who i am in whatever environment cuz i know i can always relate back with my american born chinese friends. kinda like i having people to turn to if identity issues came up.

as for dialect, my English is um...good? haha. i don't, at all, sound like a fob. i sound pretty americanized but not white. :unsure:
i'm from SoCal but i dont think i have the SoCal accent. ok. i think i'm confusing myself now. how do you detect a SoCal accent, anyways?

[blue hoodie]

I like fobs. :) I have to practice my asian squat tho cuz I can't keep it down.

*peace sign*

[BeTheReds]

I have been told by white people that i sound very asian on the phone. How can you sould asian on the phone, without an accent?

I dont get it.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally posted by BeTheReds@Mar 12 2003, 03:36 AM
I have been told by white people that i sound very asian on the phone. How can you sould asian on the phone, without an accent?

I dont get it.
it has something to do with the vocal cord structure and maybe the shape of the nose. i can sometimes tell black women and Asian women over the phone even if they're speaking standard English with no accent. have a harder time with guys though.

weirdly enough, cuz i have a pretty deep voice, so when I talk to friends on the phone or sometimes even in person, sometimes people will claim I have an accent.

[Korean Hunk]

Originally posted by kasia@Jul 25 2002, 05:13 PM
do you ever feel like a fob next to white people? can you hear your own accent? even if you were born here? have you ever, as a kid, hid food, chinese videotapes, etc., because your white friends were coming over?
I hide my Asian porn when my white hoochie mamas come over!

[Fireblade]

Originally posted by Korean Hunk@Mar 12 2003, 06:59 AM
I hide my Asian porn when my white hoochie mamas come over!
the ones that you blow up?

[Korean Hunk]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Mar 12 2003, 10:24 AM
the ones that you blow up?
The other way around FireHydrant!

Now, stop doing comedy and leave it to us professionals!

[Fireblade]

wow. He's trying to defend himself when he openly attacks others. Talk about his a-firm-hand-action. :D

[kitty]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Mar 12 2003, 07:05 PM
Talk about his a-firm-hand-action. :D
and when his right gets tired, he can just switch to the other!

[Fireblade]

Maybe he needs two-fisted action! Scream if you want to, cuz no one's gonna hear ya! :D

[Korean Hunk]

I love these young upstarts trying to take on the Master in ad libbing and wit.

Give it a rest. You have no chance.

It's akin to

Tito Ortiz (me) vs. Fred Eddish (FireHydrant)

Curly(Me) vs. Shemp (Firehydrant)

A Master Debater (Me) vs. a Chronic Masturbater (Firehydrant)

Frank Sinatra (Me) vs. Weird Al Yakovic (Firehydrant)

Get it? So step off or you will join the rest of the YW.org bunch that took me on and failed miserably!

[Fireblade]

what's that? You're screaming for more? Well then... here you go:

*hands KH the KY-Jelly*

[Korean Hunk]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Mar 12 2003, 11:18 AM
what's that? You're screaming for more? Well then... here you go:

*hands KH the KY-Jelly*
Figures you would have that handy. I hope a dog pees on you Firehydrant!

[Fireblade]

Figures you'd have a dog "handy". Try not to palm your dog too much. He might like it too much. :P

[Korean Hunk]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Mar 12 2003, 11:24 AM
Figures you'd have a dog "handy". Try not to palm your dog too much. He might like it too much. :P
I get the distinct feeling you watch a lot of gay bestiality porn.

Wait a minute, enough. Why am I arguing with a 14 year old kid. I'm a mature, well behaved professional. This Firehydrant hasn't even ever kissed a girl. He hasn't even gotten his braces removed. He still has his Pokemon Alarm clock. He lives at home with his mommy and Daddy

Sorry, Firehydrant.

[Fireblade]

With your attitude, then you must expect a 14yr old to CLOWN on you, with your ego trying to put up with it. Otherwise you'd be mature enough to ignore it. But I guess you're not used to heckling "Mr. Professional".

Oh, and I'm 21. I've had a relationship which led to a deep connection. I do have a Pokemon Towel. My braces have been removed. And I live with my Sister and her BF, while I go to school in Sacramento.

But you know, I don't accuse you of things, it's all suggestive. Suggestive like your attitude. And I didn't know gay beastality exsists. But you must know. Can you suggest titles for us?

And no need to say sorry when you know you don't mean it. Cuz I sure don't feel like saying it.

[kitty]

Mmm... guys... maybe this should be moved to a pm war?

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by kittygirl@Mar 12 2003, 11:57 AM
Mmm... guys... maybe this should be moved to a pm war?
No way! This is priceless

[Korean Hunk]

I'm not going to insult Firehydrant. That would be considered child abuse and I would end up in jail. And you know what they do to pretty boys like me in jail.

[Fireblade]

you know from prior experience? or were you so ugly that instead of you facing them, they "faced" you?

[Korean Hunk]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Mar 12 2003, 01:06 PM
you know from prior experience? or were you so ugly that instead of you facing them, they "faced" you?
The rantings of a young kid who's had too much Kool Aid in his life. Oh Yeah!

Boy, I remember when I was his age.

Yeah, the good old days. Banging white chicks, being cool KH, driving a cool car, skateboarding, boogieboarding, impressing people with my wit...

Oh wait, I do that now.

[Fireblade]

and how old are you KH? 35? Don't tell me you spent so many of your years trying to be a stand up comedian and not getting anywhere.

and the closest you've ever banged a white girl was when you hit her car.

[Korean Hunk]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Mar 12 2003, 01:13 PM
and how old are you KH? 35? Don't tell me you spent so many of your years trying to be a stand up comedian and not getting anywhere.

and the closest you've ever banged a white girl was when you hit her car.
Why are u going to ask me out if your parents let you?

[kitty]

KH... Fireblade is 21. He's not a kid. A kid is someone who's like 10 and under.

[Fireblade]

Well since it's obvious this has gone on long enough, I'm going to stop. Back to the topic please...

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by tazadar@Mar 12 2003, 01:13 PM
This is a deja vu. Kinda bringing back memories, eh Hube?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[mr. x]

hmm, i think the stereotypical asian american speaks English "too" properly, like all SAT-ish or something (as projected in the sitcoms)

[kangal]

awww man...i stay off the board for a few days, and i miss this epic battle of wits...i have to give KH kudo points...he managed to spell firehydrant out every damn time....

[kasia]

Originally posted by BeTheReds@Mar 12 2003, 12:36 AM
I have been told by white people that i sound very asian on the phone. How can you sould asian on the phone, without an accent?

I dont get it.
it's hard to describe. i can just hear it. i don't think i sound white over the phone either, and i'm sure i have no accent.

[himura-dono]

Originally posted by kangal@Mar 12 2003, 10:57 PM
awww man...i stay off the board for a few days, and i miss this epic battle of wits...i have to give KH kudo points...he managed to spell firehydrant out every damn time....
-2 kudo points

fire hydrant

[kasia]

stay on topic, please.

[airborneranger]

Originally posted by kittygirl@Mar 12 2003, 01:31 PM
KH... Fireblade is 21. He's not a kid. A kid is someone who's like 10 and under.
Is he still living at home with parents ?
If yes he is a kid
If no he is an anime character

[Commando_turned_MD]

Originally posted by kasia@Jul 25 2002, 05:13 PM
do you ever feel like a fob next to white people? can you hear your own accent? even if you were born here? have you ever, as a kid, hid food, chinese videotapes, etc., because your white friends were coming over?
question 1: Nope...I feel equal or superior to them.
2: Dont have one...........
3. Born in Orange County....Perfect english(articulate) =Success
4. Not chinese..Vietnamese w/ a surprise......Not ashame of my culture, thus never hid anything when my white friends came over...

[Commando_turned_MD]

Originally posted by airborneranger@Mar 13 2003, 07:43 PM
Is he still living at home with parents ?
If yes he is a kid

Nothing wrong w/ living with your parents....I have two friends in my class who live with their parents---parents have a big house in Westwood....

[kasia]

Originally posted by armycommando_turned_doctor@Mar 15 2003, 09:45 PM
question 1: Nope...I feel equal or superior to them.
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2: Dont have one...........
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3. Born in Orange County....Perfect english(articulate) =Success
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4. Not chinese..Vietnamese w/ a surprise......Not ashame of my culture, thus never hid anything when my white friends came over...
you don't have perfect english, though. you always confuse your tenses, for example. one can be ashamed of his culture, but not ashame of his culture. i'm not saying my english is perfect, either. i just wanted to give you a heads-up so you wouldn't spend the rest of your life thinking that your english is great when it really isn't. the first step to improvement is recognizing your mistakes. :)

[Commando_turned_MD]

Originally posted by kasia@Mar 16 2003, 03:57 PM
Originally posted by armycommando_turned_doctor@Mar 15 2003, 09:45 PM
question 1: Nope...I feel equal or superior to them.
2: Dont have one...........
3. Born in Orange County....Perfect english(articulate) =Success
4. Not chinese..Vietnamese w/ a surprise......Not ashame of my culture, thus never hid anything when my white friends came over...
you don't have perfect english, though. you always confuse your tenses, for example. one can be ashamed of his culture, but not ashame of his culture. i'm not saying my english is perfect, either. i just wanted to give you a heads-up so you wouldn't spend the rest of your life thinking that your english is great when it really isn't. the first step to improvement is recognizing your mistakes. :)
Nice observation..
But you are correct.. :blush:
I usually dont proofread my post due to a dearth of free time and laziness.. grammatical errors, yup...yup...yup......I guess I should start doing that... :lol: