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When I traveled around Singapore, I met two people for a business meeting.
One was someone of half British, half Chinese ancestry but she looks 95% British. She really does not look Chinese much, I'd hesitate to say she even looked 10% Chinese. She can pass off as a full white person in a bar or restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas. However, she grew up in Singapore where her British father met her Singapore mother. And so she had a Singapore accent and is able to speak Chinese.
The other was an Asian-Australian who was born and raised in Australia. She speaks with an authentic and perfect Australian accent, since she was raised there.
It was a sight. The white looking face speaking in Singapore accent and the Asian face speaking perfect Australian. Side by side. To me. LOL.
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^ ^ Love those kinda "cross-cultural" experiences you sorta take for granted abroad (which makes 'ya realize just how "sheltered" we can be in the 'States)!
I disagree with you. The skin color is totally off!
Why don't you say I look like Nelson Mandela? Or that I do not look different enough to blend in in Zimbabwe?
Well, frankly that is the difference you are talking about. The skin color of the picture you came up with is as dark as some African Americans. And there are many Chinese people lighter than white people in the US and Europe. Like that
I am the same skin tone as her.
Have you even left the city?
Women like this are typical in rural China, where folk actually spend time outdoors:
Question: Would you consider a blond, English-descended Singaporean "Asian" if that is his or her culture, growing up there their whole life, including their friends, their media, accent, food etc.? Would they consider themselves Asian?
I ask, because I have heard South Africans, of many races, white, black, Asian Indian etc. who have called themselves "African" and are proud to be from the continent of Africa.
Of course, lah!
Singapore itself is a multicultural, 'multiracial' country.
Of course, I don't know if he refers to himself as Asian, but I think he considers himself at least partly Singaporean. Self-identification is also influenced by how OTHERS view you. If they accept you as one of them, you're more likely to identify as such.
I've heard European looking people with Singlish accents, btw, when they speak to their friends.
When I traveled around Singapore, I met two people for a business meeting.
One was someone of half British, half Chinese ancestry but she looks 95% British. She really does not look Chinese much, I'd hesitate to say she even looked 10% Chinese. She can pass off as a full white person in a bar or restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas. However, she grew up in Singapore where her British father met her Singapore mother. And so she had a Singapore accent and is able to speak Chinese.
The other was an Asian-Australian who was born and raised in Australia. She speaks with an authentic and perfect Australian accent, since she was raised there.
It was a sight. The white looking face speaking in Singapore accent and the Asian face speaking perfect Australian. Side by side. To me. LOL.
Yeah I saw a white girl speaking in a Singapore accent/Singlish, and of course being Asian Australian myself of Singaporean/Malaysian ancestry (Chinese going further back) with an Australian accent the latter is hardly novel to me. I only speak English as well.
Yeah I saw a white girl speaking in a Singapore accent/Singlish, and of course being Asian Australian myself of Singaporean/Malaysian ancestry (Chinese going further back) with an Australian accent the latter is hardly novel to me. I only speak English as well.
Asians speaking in an American and Australian accent are common in the USA and Australia.
It's the white face that speaks in an Asian accent that's unusual.
My incident was funny because of the two side by side. If I had met the half British girl alone, i would be fascinated, but not amused. If I met the Asian Australian alone anywhere, it's nothing unusual and she wouldn't even stand out.
Asians speaking in an American and Australian accent are common in the USA and Australia.
It's the white face that speaks in an Asian accent that's unusual.
My incident was funny because of the two side by side. If I had met the half British girl alone, i would be fascinated, but not amused. If I met the Asian Australian alone anywhere, it's nothing unusual and she wouldn't even stand out.
Ah I see what you mean, the contrast I guess. Yes it would be an interesting juxtaposition, an example of globalisation.
Sharon Balcombe is an example of a white person who is almost totally integrated into HK society. Born and bred there, went to local schools, Cantonese is her main language and speaks English in a HK accent.
Sorry but they still don't look Chinese to me. I know you have some familiarity with Chinese but it doesn't look like you do with Native Americans. Those people look just like what they are to me, Native Americans.
I disagree with you. The skin color is totally off!
Why don't you say I look like Nelson Mandela? Or that I do not look different enough to blend in in Zimbabwe?
Well, frankly that is the difference you are talking about. The skin color of the picture you came up with is as dark as some African Americans. And there are many Chinese people lighter than white people in the US and Europe. Like that http://www.hdwallpaperbackground.com...0picture18.jpg
I am the same skin tone as her.
Yeah like it's more red than yellowish. Also, Native Americans facial features are not as delicate looking as Chinese or anyone from that region in general.
I disagree with you. The skin color is totally off!
Why don't you say I look like Nelson Mandela? Or that I do not look different enough to blend in in Zimbabwe?
Well, frankly that is the difference you are talking about. The skin color of the picture you came up with is as dark as some African Americans. And there are many Chinese people lighter than white people in the US and Europe. Like that http://www.hdwallpaperbackground.com...0picture18.jpg
I am the same skin tone as her.
Do you also look like her?
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