Guest eledoremassis02 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 because you study a foriegn language?"Are you [insert nationality of language your learning]?" I know it really makes no since...but I constantly am being asked "Are you part Japanese?" because they ask what language I am learning.. I guess they figure only Japanese people learn Japanese?? I really don't get it..but does this happen to anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hwarang61 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I speak German, French, Korean(my nationality) and English. Yes, I've been asked if I was part French or part German just because I spoke the language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest love!mvmt Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 yeah i have... just recently =P my friends asked me what elective i was taking next year and i told them i was going to take Japanese and they asked me if i was Japanese or something. -__-^ i thought they knew me by noww~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RockStar17 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I'm taking French in school. No one's asked me if I'm part French just because I'm taking it. They've only asked "Why are you taking French? Why aren't you taking Spanish like all the other Asians?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wr3ck3dd Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 lol i've only taken Mandarin (College) and Spanish (High School)... and I'm a taiwanese guy... so noone has ever asked me if i'm part hispanic or anything lol -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bonnie Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 yeah, they are so stupid. they ask me "are you spanish?" like of course not. do i look spanish? i know i can be spanish but still.. so weird ._. -Bee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chocopocky Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Haha. When I took Spanish, no one asked me that.. but they have asked why didn't I go take French or Latin like all of the other nerdy little goody Asians before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XlYesterdaYlX Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 it could be a legitimate question in some cases...even if someone was part chinese/jpnese etc...they might not know how to speak it, and one would perhaps want to get to know their own culture more.. by learning how to speak a language that they are a part of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sushii_x3 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Hha, never!(: I'm taking French. And yeah, no one asks. I don't think anyone asks at my school(x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joolee. Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 No, that never happened to me before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mangchilo Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 When I was taking Spanish I did get asked sometimes if I was part Hispanic or something even though it's a really common language to study in high school in the States, but I've never been asked if I'm part Korean since I started studying Korean. I think because it's more visually obvious, so I've been asked a million times why I'm studying Korean but never if I am Korean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amanda Plz Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Yes. =_= My Spanish teacher (of all people...) asked me because supposedly my first name is Hispanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest missdevotional Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Ooh... I got that when I started to learn Cantonese... but I am chinese, so I don't know if that counts. But in my school, everyone is forced to take French and Spanish/German until GCSE year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rhapsodyy Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 but I've never been asked if I'm part Korean since I started studying Korean. I think because it's more visually obvious, so I've been asked a million times why I'm studying Korean but never if I am Korean. Same here haha. When I was taking french no one asked if I was part french, because I lived in Ontario [Canada], and it was mandatory to take french until grade 9. So when I took it after grade 9 everyone was like "Why are you still taking french? ew haha". But for Korean, I definately never have been asked if I'm part Korean haha. They're just like "You're taking Korean? o___0 Why?" Like joogrlpekaun said, visually it's pretty much extremely obvious I am neither Korean, nor Asian at all, sooo never been asked that haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akira53 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I've only gotten that question form FOB students I know I guess it's just out of curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songielove Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 LOL. I don't ever get it when i studied French, of course. .. I've gotten it about Korean, but it really makes no sense.. Anyone can take it. And for Hmong.. well, everyone was Hmong who took it w/ me.. It was pretty obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lilaznhunnie Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 When I'm in my korean class, people just assume that I'm korean. When I'm in my chinese class, people just assume that I'm chinese. No one has asked me, they just assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c0lap1nada Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I've taken Spanish and French... but I look Asian.. so no one has ever bothered asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jaeisDBSKlove Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I'm Caucasian, but i'm learning Japanese. and i still get those occasionally people asking me if i am Japanese T.T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KOGEPANN;) Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 nop, never happened. I study french but no one has ever asked me that before, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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