Cantonese mistaken as Viet

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by HK! Fish, Jun 17, 2006.

  1. everyone in the netherlands thinks you are a chinese if you got the chinese/korean/viet/jap/indo look lol

    the only thing they sometime ask is if im from hongkong or china... its the same country b00ns i say then ^^
     
  2. machwnor

    machwnor Well-Known Member

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    yes i have mistaken as viet in school by the the teachers and students...mainly becuase 80 pecent asians in my school is viet ...
     
  3. smallrinilady

    smallrinilady Well-Known Member

    yea totally
    lots of viet guys have tried hitting on me too cause of it

    and my last name is NG
     
  4. 00hoangc

    00hoangc Active Member

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    i get it sometimes...but im actually half viet xD so i aint botherd :] i get more...''are you korean?'' or ''you look korean''
     
  5. gr8buddha

    gr8buddha Member

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    never a viet but quite a few times people think im korean, im pretty big boy, 6'1 and 250 even played football in high school

    guess people dont think chinese get that size
     
  6. arsenal6

    arsenal6 Member

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    mistaken for korean...but that bout it
     
  7. Tassadar2k03

    Tassadar2k03 Well-Known Member

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    yea i was mistaken for being viet cuz mu last name is Ho but i m from Hong Kong :p
     
  8. ctsport

    ctsport Member

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    I have been mistaken a few times and its no big deal
     
  9. hkm91450

    hkm91450 Well-Known Member

    "Ho" is definitely an HK last name :D
     
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    SUSIE-DANG-1988 ~ TVB ADDICT ~

    lol, yeah. Ho is definetly a hk last name!
    ive been mistaken... but i guess im half viet?? =S cos my dad is from vietnam... and my surname too.
     
  11. a_gill

    a_gill Active Member

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    my friend's last name is Ho . He's Chinese but he can speak Viet .
    I think there will not be a lot of mistaken
     
  12. hkm91450

    hkm91450 Well-Known Member

    Lol, again, "Ng" is also definitely another HK last name, for sure. Lots of celebrities have that last name: Francis Ng, Kary Ng, Ron Ng...

    I guess people mistaken it for Vietnamese because of the Viet surname "Nguyen", which is, in fact, statistically the most common Viet last name.

    That's what annoys me, when people cannot differentiate.
     
  13. Kazushi

    Kazushi Member

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    I've been mistaken for japanese, korean, cantonese, viet... you name it...

    all depends on my hairstylez i tells ya ;)
     
  14. jnetcube5

    jnetcube5 Well-Known Member

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    never happened to me..
     
  15. x3juliet

    x3juliet Member

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    they sound nothing alike haha
     
  16. Reg007

    Reg007 Member

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    Will my friend is viet and my aunt talk to him like if he was chinese but I told her he isn't chinese at all kinda funny too...
     
  17. skid

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    i'm half viet/chinese, but have a full viet surname Nguyen
    but i have the chinese look so when people find out i can speak and understand a bit of viet they are surprised :)
     
  18. u-amp

    u-amp Member

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    i don't think it really matters, it's viet, tell them your not and get over it
     
  19. JYJLrock

    JYJLrock Well-Known Member

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    i dont think ive been mistakened as a viet before although my skin is quite dark
    but i look like a chinese i guess
     
  20. qinnny

    qinnny Member

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    i live in an area where there's there more viet than chinese..so naturally when i hang out with my viet friends..others would sometimes presume that im viet..xD ..however i don't take it offensively=p