shirvanshah
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Post by shirvanshah on May 16, 2017 7:03:15 GMT
Just wondering. Cuz I am overseas (although ancestors migrated centuries ago) but cannot speak any Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Wu etc at all.   i am also very globalized and westernized in my beliefs and opinions that it might offend a lot of locals I think. Tbh, I will admit that where I am studying right now, I have a few friends who are Americans or third cultured kids, but I don't have any friends from East Asia at all. |
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eldertree
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Post by eldertree on May 16, 2017 15:43:04 GMT
Just wondering. Cuz I am overseas (although ancestors migrated centuries ago) but cannot speak any Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Wu etc at all. i am also very globalized and westernized in my beliefs and opinions that it might offend a lot of locals I think. Tbh, I will admit that where I am studying right now, I have a few friends who are Americans or third cultured kids, but I don't have any friends from East Asia at all. Yes, I think most likely you will be viewed as someone who is very Western, and thus banana. Do you normally use chopsticks or knife and fork to eat meals? |
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shirvanshah
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Post by shirvanshah on May 16, 2017 17:01:43 GMT
Just wondering. Cuz I am overseas (although ancestors migrated centuries ago) but cannot speak any Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Wu etc at all. i am also very globalized and westernized in my beliefs and opinions that it might offend a lot of locals I think. Tbh, I will admit that where I am studying right now, I have a few friends who are Americans or third cultured kids, but I don't have any friends from East Asia at all. Yes, I think most likely you will be viewed as someone who is very Western, and thus banana. Do you normally use chopsticks or knife and fork to eat meals? Hehe it is a bit more weird. I mostly use spoon and fork to eat when I am in Thailand but when I am in the US, I used knife and fork. So I rarely used chopsticks in my life lol.  |
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redwine
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Post by redwine on May 17, 2017 4:05:16 GMT
One time I forgot to bring utensils to work and I brought my own lunch. Looking through the cabinet all that were left were plastic knives, so I used 2 plastic knives as chopsticks.
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shirvanshah
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Post by shirvanshah on Jun 8, 2017 11:03:12 GMT
One time I forgot to bring utensils to work and I brought my own lunch. Looking through the cabinet all that were left were plastic knives, so I used 2 plastic knives as chopsticks. lmao. |
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shirvanshah
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Post by shirvanshah on Jun 8, 2017 11:04:32 GMT
Just wondering. Cuz I am overseas (although ancestors migrated centuries ago) but cannot speak any Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Wu etc at all. i am also very globalized and westernized in my beliefs and opinions that it might offend a lot of locals I think. Tbh, I will admit that where I am studying right now, I have a few friends who are Americans or third cultured kids, but I don't have any friends from East Asia at all. Yes, I think most likely you will be viewed as someone who is very Western, and thus banana. Do you normally use chopsticks or knife and fork to eat meals? Also the fact that I cannot speak Mandarin or any other Sinitic languages, will make me look really weird and banana lol. |
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