Do you get annoyed when people think you don't know how to speak Chinese?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by hkm91450, Mar 24, 2007.

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Do you get annoyed when people think you don't know how to speak Chinese?

  1. Yes

    35 vote(s)
    47.3%
  2. No

    11 vote(s)
    14.9%
  3. Don't care

    28 vote(s)
    37.8%
  1. linderrfulxP

    linderrfulxP Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I get mistaken a lot for not knowing how to speak Chinese and they just begin to assume that I can't talk to my parents but the truth is I can !

    One time, I was with a BUNCH of my friends at a Vietnamnese restaurant after we came back from the beach and one of the waiters was taking our order. He was Chinese (obviously) because we were ordering in Chinese and stuff. Then when the food came, we all started to eat and he walked by to our table and spoek in Chinese "You guys are 'jook sing' right?" and we all nodded. "How come you guys can speak Chinese so well? Usually jook sings cannot speak Chinese at all!" I was just sitting there thinking how stereotypical he is about us 'jook sings'. -___- It's not like all ABCs can't understand and can't speak Chinese. That's just so stereotypical. O____O
     
  2. FishieExP

    FishieExP Well-Known Member

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    i get super pissed wen they think u cant speak canto and they like talk behind ur bak wen u can listen to them and i also hate it wen other chinese ppl think they kno more canto then u, then they start talknig trying to showoff wen u kno more
     
  3. jogii

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    Heck yes i get annoyed!!

    I was born in New Zealand and have grown up here, so i speak English a lot to my brother and cousins and friends. When a Chinese relative comes down from China to visit and they see me talking to my brother and cousins in English, they shake their heads and sigh and say how disappointing it is that i/we don't know Canto.

    And i turn around and say "I can speak Canto :|!" and they get all shocked. Cantonese is my first language as well, btw.

    It's just really annoying that they assume that!!