"What kind of Asian are you?"

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
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This was hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ

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  • weevil66
    weevil66 Posts: 600 Member
    BahahAha!!!!!

    I used to get that a lot when I was younger.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    I still get it.:laugh:

    I tell them I'm born and raised in the US (minus a few years overseas due to my dad getting stationed there by the Air Force), but am still asked of my Asian nationality. Then of course the "I love lumpia and pancit" remark.:laugh:

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  • sam308lbs
    sam308lbs Posts: 1,936 Member
    rofl!!! amazing!! We should have more asian threads on mfp! Also we need a hot asian chicks thread too.God knows where they are hiding
  • Chubbyhulagirl
    Chubbyhulagirl Posts: 374 Member
    I always get "but you dont look Asian!" Or "oh, but you look so hispanic!"

    ETA: Pho is a fricken trend right now too so everyone always has to say how much they looovvvee to eat pho. Uggh.
  • weevil66
    weevil66 Posts: 600 Member
    I usually get some remark about sushi and geisha girls. Or the person will start speaking to me in Japanese. I just respond with "sure....." and do the shifty eye thing and give them my best "what the hell you talking about" grin. I can say beer, money, toilet, and pencil in Japanese so unless they say something involving those I have no clue what they are talking about. And i hate sashimi. I am a bad Asian.
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    Filipino colombian. In texas I am mexican =/
  • booty4dookie
    booty4dookie Posts: 9
    HEEEEEYYYY HEEEEEY HEEEEEEY!
  • fShaw86
    fShaw86 Posts: 878 Member
    This was hilarious!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ

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    lol fish and chips! Thanks for sharing the link!

    I got/get the "Wow your English is perfect" a lot, too. But I grew up like all over the world, so it didn't really count.

    BTW whoever said Pho, you made me hungry!
  • Violetngn
    Violetngn Posts: 38 Member
    When I answer their question where I come from, they always say they love....FOU.... "Excuse me, how you pronounce it?"; "Phoooo" - it's a "dangerous" word. LoL
  • MrsBobaFett
    MrsBobaFett Posts: 802 Member
    I'm half Asian, does that count?
  • mkim3138
    mkim3138 Posts: 80
    Saw this the other day, hilarious. I'm the same as the girl in the video, but I was born in Texas =)
  • what_lola_wants
    what_lola_wants Posts: 129 Member
    I was born in Malaysia but my grany was from China. Its complicated LOL
  • 122ish
    122ish Posts: 339 Member
    I have gotten that a lot and I am not even Asian. When I rented my first apartment an older lady asked " how long have u been here?" I told her I moved in a month ago, she replied with " no here from hong kong"
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    bump
  • abeechu
    abeechu Posts: 24 Member
    Died laughing at this one when I saw it last week.. and then immediately started craving fish & chips. Also, has anyone else noticed that people who ask this question never say it normally? In my experience, they always slow it down and say "Where are you FROOOOOM?"

    How do y'all respond in real-life to this question? I'm super sassy about it like the girl from the vid :D
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    Died laughing at this one when I saw it last week.. and then immediately started craving fish & chips. Also, has anyone else noticed that people who ask this question never say it normally? In my experience, they always slow it down and say "Where are you FROOOOOM?"

    How do y'all respond in real-life to this question? I'm super sassy about it like the girl from the vid :D
    One time I spoke in my thick Filipino accent (I imitate my relatives all the time) "I'm prum de San Prancisco Bay aria. I like tu go und watch de San Hosay Sharks flay in de aych fee (HP) center und hit de hockey *kitten*!"

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  • Chubbyhulagirl
    Chubbyhulagirl Posts: 374 Member
    Died laughing at this one when I saw it last week.. and then immediately started craving fish & chips. Also, has anyone else noticed that people who ask this question never say it normally? In my experience, they always slow it down and say "Where are you FROOOOOM?"

    How do y'all respond in real-life to this question? I'm super sassy about it like the girl from the vid :D
    One time I spoke in my thick Filipino accent (I imitate my relatives all the time) "I'm prum de San Prancisco Bay aria. I like tu go und watch de San Hosay Sharks flay in de aych fee (HP) center und hit de hockey *kitten*!"

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    Hahaha. Get plenty Filipinos over here.

    Dey lub to go to da bich and swim in dee waterrrrr (rolling Rrr)!!
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    Died laughing at this one when I saw it last week.. and then immediately started craving fish & chips. Also, has anyone else noticed that people who ask this question never say it normally? In my experience, they always slow it down and say "Where are you FROOOOOM?"

    How do y'all respond in real-life to this question? I'm super sassy about it like the girl from the vid :D
    One time I spoke in my thick Filipino accent (I imitate my relatives all the time) "I'm prum de San Prancisco Bay aria. I like tu go und watch de San Hosay Sharks flay in de aych fee (HP) center und hit de hockey *kitten*!"

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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    Hahaha. Get plenty Filipinos over here.

    Dey lub to go to da bich and swim in dee waterrrrr (rolling Rrr)!!
    like a heePoh PohTahMos
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    I usually get some remark about sushi and geisha girls. Or the person will start speaking to me in Japanese. I just respond with "sure....." and do the shifty eye thing and give them my best "what the hell you talking about" grin. I can say beer, money, toilet, and pencil in Japanese so unless they say something involving those I have no clue what they are talking about. And i hate sashimi. I am a bad Asian.

    Does that mean you're not good at math and a good driver? :wink:

    Not asian, but wanted to bump this so I can see the video when I get home.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    Died laughing at this one when I saw it last week.. and then immediately started craving fish & chips. Also, has anyone else noticed that people who ask this question never say it normally? In my experience, they always slow it down and say "Where are you FROOOOOM?"

    How do y'all respond in real-life to this question? I'm super sassy about it like the girl from the vid :D
    One time I spoke in my thick Filipino accent (I imitate my relatives all the time) "I'm prum de San Prancisco Bay aria. I like tu go und watch de San Hosay Sharks flay in de aych fee (HP) center und hit de hockey *kitten*!"

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    Hahaha. Get plenty Filipinos over here.

    Dey lub to go to da bich and swim in dee waterrrrr (rolling Rrr)!!
    like a heePoh PohTahMos
    Bwahahaha! That's how my aunt says it!

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  • weevil66
    weevil66 Posts: 600 Member
    I usually get some remark about sushi and geisha girls. Or the person will start speaking to me in Japanese. I just respond with "sure....." and do the shifty eye thing and give them my best "what the hell you talking about" grin. I can say beer, money, toilet, and pencil in Japanese so unless they say something involving those I have no clue what they are talking about. And i hate sashimi. I am a bad Asian.

    Does that mean you're not good at math and a good driver? :wink:

    Not asian, but wanted to bump this so I can see the video when I get home.


    Heheh!!!

    We won't discuss the driving. Math either. Or karate.
  • abeechu
    abeechu Posts: 24 Member
    Died laughing at this one when I saw it last week.. and then immediately started craving fish & chips. Also, has anyone else noticed that people who ask this question never say it normally? In my experience, they always slow it down and say "Where are you FROOOOOM?"

    How do y'all respond in real-life to this question? I'm super sassy about it like the girl from the vid :D
    One time I spoke in my thick Filipino accent (I imitate my relatives all the time) "I'm prum de San Prancisco Bay aria. I like tu go und watch de San Hosay Sharks flay in de aych fee (HP) center und hit de hockey *kitten*!"

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition


    Hahaha. Whenever I get this question out of the blue (as in some random stranger comes up to ask me this = in my experience usually some guy with yellow fever-- ick.), I actually pull out the Texan in me and respond in Southern drawl. So many good laughs out of their responses.

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