Have you ever been mistaken as Japanese instead of Chinese?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by joceyz, Jan 20, 2007.

  1. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    But do note that there is no "Canadian" and "American" except for the indigenious people -- few to no "whites" are ancestrally "Canadian" or "American" -- one would be better off label them "Irish", "Scottish", "French", "Jewish" or such.
    In fact, I can tell French, German, Polish, Italian, and Walsh/Scottish/English/Irish with a remarkable accuracy.

    But again, I was only upset because I think it's below etiquette to ask another's ethnicity -- what does it have anything to do with anything anyways? I barely know those people (who asks).
     
  2. snowfxz

    snowfxz Member

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    lol
    once i was on the plane and ppl assume im jap and start talking japanese to me
    i was like".....................""........."
    "englihs pls"
    lol
     
  3. ilivetoenjoy

    ilivetoenjoy New Member

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    this rarely happens to me...most people just ask whether I'm Chinese or Japanese
     
  4. lalala ♥

    lalala ♥ Member

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    haha yaa sometimes, but most of the time...they assume that every asian is chinese haha. but it gets really akward...when people talk to you in like korean japanese, philipino vietnamese etc...
     
  5. ML320X5

    ML320X5 Member

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    Many time since I was in High Sch
     
  6. auboy

    auboy Member

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    not that i know off....
     
  7. narutokun

    narutokun Well-Known Member

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    ppl r so ignorant, all or most of my guy riend r lyk er ur chinese?? i thought u were jap... nd i lyk *retards* dey r so gay!!
     
  8. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    Hmm, I actually had my first experience outside Japan of people thinking I'm a Japanese: I went to Cologne (Germany) last Friday and was walking in the Immermannstrasse which is also called the 'Japanese town' and both Germans and Japanese thought I was a Japanese. Can't be angry at them though.
     
  9. hannah666

    hannah666 Well-Known Member

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    yes plenty
     
  10. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    Are you going to post useless one liners to increase your post count so you can download things?! <_<

    http://www.dramasian.com/showthread.php?p=236705#post236705

    You do need to give examples as to why, where or in what situation you've been mistaken for a Japanese otherwise don't post.
     
  11. chubbyheaded

    chubbyheaded Well-Known Member

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    Yes, exspecialy when i go to a school when i'm the only asian apart from older brother and when people first meet me they always ask "Do you speak Japanese?" "Your Japanese right?"
     
  12. LigerZ

    LigerZ Active Member

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    lolz never have i been mistaken as anything
    ppl identify me as chinese right away all the time... i wonder why... i not fobby...
     
  13. saiko

    saiko Well-Known Member

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    no, for indonesian cause i work with a lot of them
     
  14. judys04

    judys04 Member

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    ughh.. yes few times for japanese &... korean?? so frustrating!
     
  15. AznWing

    AznWing Well-Known Member

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    lol if u see me in person u might think im either jap or korean
    someone thought i was viet before too
    only very few people think im chinese at first glance
     
  16. happychic

    happychic Well-Known Member

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    Yes I have. And i've even been asked whether Im korean of Chinese - although not very often. Most of hte time I dont really mind because its mostly people who just generally cant tell the differnce between Chinese and Japanese and always ask!
     
  17. Xx_Flora_xX

    Xx_Flora_xX Well-Known Member

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    ya sometimes by the whites mostly. but some of those stupid europeans ie italians or spanish jux thot japan and hk are the same place no matter how many times i've explained to them dat those are two totally different places! Jz!
     
  18. Xx_Flora_xX

    Xx_Flora_xX Well-Known Member

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    jux wondering do u guys find it insulting/embarrassing wen ppl mistaken u as malaysians/Indonesians or viets???? =)
     
  19. THF20

    THF20 is a Chinese

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    Once or Twice... some people would mistaken me as a german most of the time.
     
  20. Yyin

    Yyin Member

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    german? woaw... thats a huge diff.

    lol you know its pretty bad, when even chinese people can't tell your chinese. i've gotten viet,jap,flip,cambo and kr >.> lol.. and from what i know.. all my ancestors are chinese =o is it posible to look more chinese?o_O